Variations in definition and method of retrieval of complications influence outcomes statistics after pancreatoduodenectomy: Comparison of NSQIP with non-NSQIP methods

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 407-415

  Sanford, Dominic E ^a   Woolsey, Cheryl A ^a   Hall, Bruce L ^b   Linehan, David C ^a   Hawkins, William G ^a   Fields, Ryan C ^a   Strasberg, Steven M ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MODIFIED ACCORDION SEVERITY GRADING SYSTEM; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIAL LINE; BILE LEAKAGE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HYPOTENSION; ILEUS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KETOACIDOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS FISTULA; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

TROPONIN;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84906794859     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.01.064     Document Type: Article

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