Application of a uniform anatomic grading system to measure disease severity in eight emergency general surgical illnesses

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 705-708

  Crandall, Marie L ^a   Agarwal, Suresh ^b   Muskat, Peter ^c   Ross, Steven ^d   Savage, Stephanie ^e   Schuster, Kevin ^f   Tominaga, Gail T ^g   Shafi, Shahid ^h  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d Cooper Medical School of Rowan University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency general surgery; Grading; Patient outcomes; Quality of care; Scoring

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BREAST ABSCESS; COLITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERIRECTAL ABSCESS; PLEURAL SPACE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 84925868664     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000444     Document Type: Article

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