Defining rates and risk factors for readmissions following emergency general surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 330-336

  Havens, Joaquim M ^a   Olufajo, Olubode A ^a   Cooper, Zara R ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a   Shah, Adil A ^a,b   Salim, Ali ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY; FOLLOW UP; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965064361     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.4056     Document Type: Article

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