Development and internal validation of a novel risk adjustment model for adult patients undergoing emergency laparotomy surgery: the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit risk model

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 739-748

  Eugene, N ^a,b   Oliver, C M ^a,c,d   Bassett, M G ^a,c   Poulton, T E ^a,c,e   Kuryba, A ^a,b   Johnston, C ^a,f   Anderson, I D ^a,g   Moonesinghe, S R ^a,d   Grocott, M P ^a,h,i   Murray, D M ^a,j   Cromwell, D A ^a,b,k   Walker, K ^a,b,k   Cripps, Martin ^l   Cripps, Paul ^l   Davies, Emma ^l   Drake, Sharon ^l   Galsworthy, Mike ^l   Goodwin, James ^l   Salih, Tom ^l   Lourtie, Jose ^l   Papadimitriou, Dimitri ^l   Peden, Carol ^l   more..

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e School of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h NIHR Biomedical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^l NONE

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Author keywords

emergency laparotomy; postoperative mortality; postoperative outcome; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL AUDIT; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEMODYNAMICS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85052080409     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.06.026     Document Type: Article

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