A Comparison of Bariatric Surgery in Hospitals With and Without ICU: a Linked Data Cohort Study

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 313-320

  Morgan, David J R ^a   Ho, Kwok M ^a,b,c  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care; Hospital safety; Obesity; Outcomes; Secondary hospital

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; AUSTRALIAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BRONCHOSPASM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECZEMA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS EMBOLISM; GASTRIC BAND; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; SEPTIC SHOCK; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84930917207     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-015-1763-y     Document Type: Article

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