Opening Pandora's box: Understanding the nature, patterns, and 30-day outcomes of intraoperative adverse events

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 626-631

  Mavros, Michael N ^a,b   Velmahos, George C ^a   Larentzakis, Andreas ^a   Yeh, Daniel Dante ^a   Fagenholz, Peter ^a   De Moya, Marc ^a   King, David R ^a   Lee, Jarone ^a   Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental puncture or laceration; Intraoperative adverse event; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILE DUCT INJURY; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLADDER INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CAUTERIZATION; COLON INJURY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREGUT SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEPATOPANCREATICOBILIARY SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTUBATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURE OR LACERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE ADVERSE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURE OR LACERATION; INTRAOPERATIVE ADVERSE EVENT; OUTCOMES;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908217753     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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