The Surgical Apgar Score Predicts Postoperative ICU Admission

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 445-450

  Glass, Nina E ^a,b   Pinna, Antonio ^a,b,c   Masi, Antonio ^a,b   Rosman, Alan S ^d   Neihaus, Dena ^a   Okochi, Shunpei ^a   Saunders, John K ^a,b   Hatzaras, Ioannis ^a,b   Cohen, Steven ^a,b   Berman, Russell ^a,b   Newman, Elliot ^a,b   Pachter, H Leon ^a,b   Gouge, Thomas H ^a,b   Melis, Marcovalerio ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Scoring systems; Surgery; Surgical Apgar score

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84925511878     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: 18734626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2733-8     Document Type: Article

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