Postdischarge occurrences after colorectal surgery happen early and are associated with dramatically increased rates of readmission

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1309-1316

  Bartlett, Edmund K ^a   Hoffman, Rebecca L ^a   Mahmoud, Najjia N ^a   Karakousis, Giorgos C ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS NSQIP; Colorectal surgery; Postdischarge complication; Postoperative visit; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SPACE INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTDISCHARGE OCCURRENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUM RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SMOKING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND COMPLICATION; ENTEROSTOMY; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; COLECTOMY; ENTEROSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921713963     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000212     Document Type: Article

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