Quantification of mortality risk after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1092-1098

  Hadjianastassiou, V G ^a   Tekkis, P P ^b   Goldhill, D R ^c   Hands, L J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APACHE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 24644457156     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5051     Document Type: Article

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