Surgical ward round quality and impact on variable patient outcomes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 222-226

  Pucher, Philip H ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^a,b   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; outcomes; postoperative care; quality of care,ward rounds

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARD ROUND;

EID: 84892921284     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000376     Document Type: Article

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