Organisational factors and mortality after an emergency laparotomy: multilevel analysis of 39 903 National Emergency Laparotomy Audit patients

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1346-1356

  Oliver, C M ^a,b,c   Bassett, M G ^c,d,e   Poulton, T E ^c,d   Anderson, I D ^c,f,g,h   Murray, D M ^c,i   Grocott, M P ^c,j,k,l   Moonesinghe, S R ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^l DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

emergency laparotomy; frailty; health services research; pathological processes; postoperative mortality; surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CLINICAL AUDIT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85053876613     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.07.040     Document Type: Article

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