The DULK (Dutch leakage) and modified DULK score compared: Actively seek the leak

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Den Dulk, M ^a,b,g,h,i,j   Witvliet, M J ^c   Kortram, K ^d   Neijenhuis, P A ^c,e   de Hingh, I H ^f   Engel, A F ^c   van de Velde, C J H ^a   de Brauw, L M ^d   Putter, H ^a   Brouwers, M A M ^b   Steup, W H ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Anastomotic leakage; Colorectal surgery; Decision model; Diagnostic technique and procedures; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; DUTCH LEAKAGE SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLON; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RESPIRATORY RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884724791     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12379     Document Type: Article

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