The importance of the first complication: Understanding failure to rescue after emergent surgery in the elderly

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-370

  Sheetz, Kyle H ^a   Krell, Robert W ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; FAILURE TO RESCUE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY DELAY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84906794820     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.02.035     Document Type: Article

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