A new clinical scoring system to define pneumonia following esophagectomy for cancer

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-116

  Van Der Sluis, Pieter C ^a   Verhage, Roy J J ^a   Van Der Horst, Sylvia ^a   Van Der Wal, Willem M ^a   Ruurda, Jelle P ^a   Van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Esophageal surgery; Lung infection; Operations; Surgery complications; Thoracoscopy VATS; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 84901726381     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357350     Document Type: Article

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