Use of the surgical Apgar score to guide postoperative care

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 352-358

  Haddow, James B ^a   Adwan, H ^a   Clark, S E ^a   Tayeh, S ^a   Antonowicz, S S ^a   Jayia, P ^a   Chicken, D W ^a   Wiggins, T ^a   Davenport, R ^a   Kaptanis, S ^a   Fakhry, M ^a   Knowles, C H ^a   Elmetwally, A S ^a   Geddoa, E ^a   Nair, M S ^a   Naeem, I ^a   Adegbola, S ^a   Muirhead, L J ^a  

^a London Surgical Anatomy Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support techniques; Postoperative complications; Prognostic impact study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84903826434     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588414X13946184900840     Document Type: Article

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