National estimates of predictors of outcomes for emergency general surgery

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 482-491

  Shah, Adil Aijaz ^a   Haider, Adil Hussain ^b   Zogg, Cheryl K ^a,b   Schwartz, Diane A ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^c   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Velopulos, Catherine G ^a   Shafi, Shahid ^d   Zafar, Hasnain ^e   Efron, David T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; complications; emergency general surgery; mortality; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924104675     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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