Mortality associated with emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Arenal, Juan J ^a   Bengoechea Beeby, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SPAIN; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037394208     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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