Surgeons are overlooking post-discharge complications: A prospective cohort study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1019-1025

  Visser, A ^a   Ubbink, D T ^a,b   Gouma, D J ^a   Goslings, J C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84898841120     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2376-z     Document Type: Review

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