Low-Volume vs High-Volume Centers and Management of Fournier's Gangrene in Washington State

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 270-275.e1

  Osbun, Nathan ^a   Hampson, Lindsay A ^a   Holt, Sarah K ^a   Gore, John L ^a   Wessells, Hunter ^a   Voelzke, Bryan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; WASHINGTON; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 85013773123     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.11.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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