A 4-year prospective audit of the cause of death after infrarenal aortic aneurysm surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1386-1389

  Sandison, A J P ^a   Panayiotopoulos, Y ^a   Edmondson, R C ^a   Tyrrell, M R ^a   Taylor, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COLON ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; CRICETINAE; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029841720     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800831019     Document Type: Article

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