Validating a new grading scale for emergency general surgery diseases

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-269

  Savage, Stephanie A ^a   Klekar, Christopher S ^b   Priest, Elisa L ^b   Crandall, Marie L ^c   Rodriguez, Briana C ^a   Shafi, Shahid ^b  

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

^b BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic diverticulitis; Emergency general surgery; Grading scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE SURGERY OF TRAUMA GRADING SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPPA STATISTICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930375217     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.036     Document Type: Article

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