Ruptured aortic aneurysm: The decision not to operate

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-225

  Hewin, D F ^a   Campbell, W B ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured; Decision making; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC RUPTURE; DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031809746     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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