Use of the American College of Surgeons NSQIP surgical risk calculator for laparoscopic colectomy: How good is it and how can we improve it?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 281-286

  Cologne, Kyle G ^a   Keller, Deborah S ^b   Liwanag, Loriel ^a   Devaraj, Bikash ^a   Senagore, Anthony J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC COLECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923254819     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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