A traffic-light coding system to organize emergency surgery across surgical disciplines

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Leppaniemi A ^a   Jousela, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CODING; COLOR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TIME;

CLINICAL CODING; COLOR; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890552406     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9325     Document Type: Article

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