Wound classification in pediatric general surgery: Significant variation exists among providers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 819-826

  Snyder, Rebecca A ^a,c   Johnson, Lisa ^a   Tice, Jamie ^a   Wingo, Tammy ^a   Williams, Dana ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Blakely, Martin L ^a,b  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; ACS; American College of Surgeons; American Society of Anesthesiologists; ASA; Common Procedural Terminology; CPT; interquartile range; IQR; National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Clinical Reviewer; NSQIP SCR; Operating room; OR; Registered nurse; RN; SSI; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONSENSUS; EXCISION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH TUBE; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; THYROID SURGERY; UMBILICAL HERNIA; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

ACS; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; ASA; COMMON PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; CPT; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SURGICAL CLINICAL REVIEWER; NSQIP SCR; OPERATING ROOM; OR; REGISTERED NURSE; RN; SSI; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRICS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84887484115     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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