The association between preoperative patient characteristics and both clinical and economic outcomes after abdominal aortic surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-554

  Pronovost, Peter ^a,b   Dorman, Todd ^a   Sadovnikoff, Nicholas ^a   Garrett, Elizabeth ^a   Breslow, Michael ^a   Rosenfeld, Brian ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic surgery; Mortality; Outcomes; Preoperative risk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032842449     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(99)90006-X     Document Type: Article

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