Independent preoperative predictors of prolonged length of stay after laparoscopic appendectomy in patients over 30 years of age: Experience from a single institution

American Surgeon

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1092-1097

  Wise, Eric S ^a,b   Gadomski, Stephen P ^c   Ilg, Annette M ^c   Bermudez, Camilo ^c   Chan, Emily W ^c   Izmaylov, Michelle L ^c   Gridley, Samantha J ^c   Kaczmarek, Jessica V ^c   Melancon, Sir Norman T ^c   Ahmad, Sarwat ^b   Hocking, Kyle M ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^d   Kavic, Stephen M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; APPENDECTOMY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAPAROSCOPY; RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85015594292     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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