Actual versus estimated length of stay after colorectal surgery: Which factors influence a deviation?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 663-669

  Ahmed Ali, Usama ^a   Dunne, Tony ^a   Gurland, Brooke ^a   Vogel, Jon D ^a   Kiran, Ravi P ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Diagnosis related group; Length of hospital stay

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; SURGEON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND INFECTION; COLON DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP; LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84908126860     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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