Determining universal processes related to best outcome in emergency abdominal surgery: A multicentre, international, prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Bhangu, Aneel ^a   Fitzgerald, J Edward ^b   Fergusson, Stuart ^c   Khatri, Chetan ^d   Holmer, Hampus ^e   Søreide, Kjetil ^f,g   Harrison, Ewen M ^c  

^a West Midlands Deanery General Surgery Rotation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ABDOMEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84911947720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006239     Document Type: Article

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