Acute care surgery: Defining mortality in emergency general surgery in the state of Maryland

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 762-770

  Narayan, Mayur ^a   Tesoriero, Ronald ^a   Bruns, Brandon R ^a   Klyushnenkova, Elena N ^a   Chen, Hegang ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84925597697     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.12.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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