The independent effect of emergency general surgery on outcomes varies depending on case type: A NSQIP outcomes study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 856-862

  Feeney, Timothy ^a,b   Castillo Angeles, Manuel ^b   Scott, John W ^b   Nitzschke, Stephanie L ^b   Salim, Ali ^b   Haider, Adil H ^b   Havens, Joaquim M ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EGS; Emergency general surgery; NSQIP; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BENCHMARKING; CAUCASIAN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE REPAIR; ULCER HEALING; WOUND COMPLICATION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85043351136     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.03.006     Document Type: Article

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