Creation and Implementation of an Emergency General Surgery Registry Modeled after the National Trauma Data Bank
Becher RD, Meredith JW, Chang MC, Hoth JJ, Beard HR, Miller PR. Creation and Implementation of an Emergency General Surgery Registry Modeled after the National Trauma Data Bank. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2011, 214: 156-163. PMID: 22153352, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsComorbidityDatabases, FactualEmergency MedicineGeneral SurgeryHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesProgram DevelopmentRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsNational Trauma Data BankTrauma Data BankEGS patientsInclusion criteriaEGS serviceICD-9 diagnostic codesICD-9 diagnosis codesEGS patient outcomesAcute care surgeryICD-9 codesEGS admissionsCare surgeryRetrospective reviewProspective populationDiagnosis codesProspective dataDiagnostic codesPatient outcomesPatientsSurgery evolvesPatient identificationMulti-institutional collaborationAdmissionMonthsOutcomes