Hospital readmissions following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-41

  Gioia, Laura C ^a   Filion, Kristian B ^a   Haider, Seema ^b   Pilote, Louise ^c   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 17644427741     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0132-4     Document Type: Article

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