Predictors of hospital discharge to an extended care facility after major general thoracic surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 284-289

  Walters, Dustin M ^a   Nagji, Alykhan S ^a   Stukenborg, George J ^b   Peluso, Melissa R ^a   Taylor, Matthew D ^a   Kozower, Benjamin D ^a   Lau, Christine L ^a   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVALESCENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900817893     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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