Predictors for mortality after lower-extremity amputations in geriatric patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 443-447

  Wong, Margaret Wan Nar ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Amputation; Geriatrics; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG AMPUTATION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644892172     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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