Validation of the surgical apgar score in a veteran population undergoing general surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-225

  Melis, Marcovalerio ^a,b   Pinna, Antonio ^a,b,c   Okochi, Shunpei ^a   Masi, Antonio ^a,b   Rosman, Alan S ^d   Neihaus, Dena ^a   Saunders, John K ^a,b   Newman, Elliot ^a,b   Gouge, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL APGAR SCORE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84892574069     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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