Understanding Hospital Readmissions After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Can We Prevent Them?: A 10-Year Contemporary Experience with 1,173 Patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-145

  Fong, Zhi Ven ^a   Ferrone, Cristina R ^a   Thayer, Sarah P ^a   Wargo, Jennifer A ^a   Sahora, Klaus ^a   Seefeld, Kimberly J ^a   Warshaw, Andrew L ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^a   Hutter, Mathew M ^a   Fernández del Castillo, Carlos ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital readmission; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Quality metric

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH EMPTYING; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOSTON; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PANCREATIC FISTULA; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891843181     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2336-9     Document Type: Article

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