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of concentrated nutritional substances, or enteral infusion of concentrated nutritional substances.'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients With In-hospital Cardiovascular Morbidity', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Cardiovascular morbidity was identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for myocardial infarction; other ischemic events; congestive heart failure and shock; arrhythmias; or other cardiovascular events (cardiac complications, peripheral vascular complications).'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients With In-hospital Cerebrovascular Morbidity', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Cerebrovascular morbidity was identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for ischemic, thrombotic, embolic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accidents; acute but ill-defined cerebrovascular disease; transient cerebral ischemia; syncope; or postoperative cerebrovascular accident.'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients With In-hospital Pulmonary Morbidity', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Pulmonary morbidity was identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for pneumonia; infectious pneumonia; respiratory complications, pulmonary collapse; acute respiratory failure or edema; pulmonary congestion and hypostasis; pulmonary/respiratory insufficiency after trauma and/or surgery; dyspnea; or respiratory arrest; transfusion related acute lung injury.'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients With In-hospital Infection Morbidity', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Infection morbidity was identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for infection due to central venous catheter; abscess of intestine; peritoneal abscess; sepsis or severe sepsis; infection due to vascular device, implant and graft; urinary tract infection; disruption of internal or external surgical wound; persistent postoperative fistula; or postoperative infection.'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients With In-hospital Thromboembolic Morbidity', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Thromboembolic morbidity was identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for pulmonary embolism and infarction; arterial embolism and thrombosis or thrombosis of the lower extremities; vascular disorders of the kidney; acute vascular insufficiency of the intestine; or venous thromboembolism.'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients With In-hospital Other Morbidity', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Other morbidity was identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes for disruption of wound, decubitus ulcer, or postoperative complications not elsewhere classified.'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients Who Were Readmitted Within 15 Days of Discharge', 'timeFrame': 'Within 15 days of discharge from hospitalization for bowel resection'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients Who Were Readmitted Between 16 and 30 Days After Discharge', 'timeFrame': 'Between 16-30 days after hospital discharge after bowel resection'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients Who Were Readmitted Within 30 Days of Discharge', 'timeFrame': 'Between 0-30 days after hospital discharge after bowel resection'}, {'measure': 'Percentage of Patients Discharged to Various Locations', 'timeFrame': 'Hospital discharge after bowel resection', 'description': 'Location of discharge for patients who were admitted to the hospital for their bowel resection from home'}, {'measure': 'Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay', 'timeFrame': 'Participants were followed up until their hospital discharge after bowel resection'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Postoperative Length of Hospital Stay', 'timeFrame': 'Measured from the day after bowel resection to the day of hospital discharge', 'description': 'Calendar day of discharge - calendar day of surgery = postoperative length of stay'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'oversightHasDmc': False}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['GI recovery after bowel resection', 'morbidity after bowel resection', 'mortality', 'readmission', 'length of stay'], 'conditions': ['Ileus']}, 'referencesModule': {'references': [{'pmid': '22388106', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Delaney CP, Craver C, Gibbons MM, Rachfal AW, VandePol CJ, Cook SF, Poston SA, Calloway M, Techner L. Evaluation of clinical outcomes with alvimopan in clinical practice: a national matched-cohort study in patients undergoing bowel resection. 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