Surgical wound misclassification: A multicenter evaluation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-329

  Levy, Shauna M ^a   Lally, Kevin P ^a   Blakely, Martin L ^c   Calkins, Casey M ^e   Dassinger, Melvin S ^f   Duggan, Eileen ^c   Huang, Eunice Y ^d   Kawaguchi, Akemi L ^g   Lopez, Monica E ^b   Russell, Robert T ^h   St Peter, Shawn D ⁱ   Streck, Christian J ^k   Vogel, Adam M ^j   Tsao, Kuojen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISION; INGUINAL HERNIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; STOMA; STOMACH TUBE; SURGEON; SURGICAL WOUND; SURGICAL WOUND CLASSIFICATION; ALGORITHM; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84923230208     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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