Biomaterial Database

Causes of cancellation of elective surgical procedures. 2011

S Dolenska

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D006769	Hospitals, General	Large hospitals with a resident medical staff which provides continuous care to maternity, surgical and medical patients.	General Hospital,General Hospitals,Hospital, General
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001071	Appointments and Schedules	The different methods of scheduling patient visits, appointment systems, individual or group appointments, waiting times, waiting lists for hospitals, walk-in clinics, etc.	Patient Appointments,Patient Schedules,Schedules, Patient,Appointments,Schedules,Appointment,Appointment, Patient,Appointments, Patient,Patient Appointment,Patient Schedule,Schedule,Schedule, Patient,Schedules and Appointments
D013503	Surgery Department, Hospital	Hospital department which administers all departmental functions and the provision of surgical diagnostic and therapeutic services.	Hospital Surgery Department,Department, Hospital Surgery,Surgery Departments, Hospital,Surgical Service, Hospital,Departments, Hospital Surgery,Hospital Surgery Departments
D017558	Elective Surgical Procedures	Surgery which could be postponed or not done at all without danger to the patient. Elective surgery includes procedures to correct non-life-threatening medical problems as well as to alleviate conditions causing psychological stress or other potential risk to patients, e.g., cosmetic or contraceptive surgery.	Surgical Procedures, Elective,Elective Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Elective Surgical,Procedures, Elective Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Elective