Perioperative mortality: Analysis of 3 years of operative data across 7 general surgical projects of Médecins Sans Frontières in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1269-1278

  Davies, Jessica F ^a   Lenglet, Annick ^b   Van Wijhe, Marten ^b   Ariti, Cono ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH SUDAN; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIOLENCE; AGE; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH SUDAN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957673107     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.12.022     Document Type: Article

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