The excess morbidity and mortality of emergency general surgery

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 306-311

  Havens, Joaquim M ^a   Peetz, Allan B ^a   Do, Woo S ^a   Cooper, Zara ^a   Kelly, Edward ^a   Askari, Reza ^a   Reznor, Gally ^a   Salim, Ali ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Emergency general surgery; Mortality; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND COMPLICATION; AGED; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925844618     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000517     Document Type: Article

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