Risk factors for postoperative death following elective surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: Results from the UK Small Aneurysm Trial

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 742-749

  Brady, A R ^a   Fowkes, F G R ^b   Greenhalgh, R M ^b   Powell, J T ^b   Ruckley, C V ^b   Thompson, S G ^b  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREATININE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034130796     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01410.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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