A multicentre cohort study assessing day of week effect and outcome from emergency appendicectomy

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 732-740

  Ferguson, Henry J M ^a   Hall, Nigel J ^b   Bhangu, Aneel ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906655689     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002290     Document Type: Article

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