Which octogenarians do poorly after major open abdominal surgery in our Asian population?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-552

  Tan, Kok Yang ^a   Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Ng, Chin ^a   Tan, Su Ming ^a   Tay, Khoon Hean ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIST; ASIAN; COMORBIDITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LARGE INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645581497     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0224-5     Document Type: Review

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