The impact of operative timing on outcomes of appendicitis: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Project analysis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 498-502

  Fair, Brett A ^a   Kubasiak, John C ^a   Janssen, Imke ^b   Myers, Jonathan A ^a   Millikan, Keith W ^a   Deziel, Daniel J ^a   Luu, Minh B ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic appendectomy; NSQIP; Open appendectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925011080     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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