Improvement of mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm patients over 12 years and its relationship with tracheostomy

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Ho, Pei ^a   Cheng, Stephen W K ^a   Ting, Albert C W ^a   Poon, Jensen T C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; UREMIA;

EID: 33646496803     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-006-9002-6     Document Type: Article

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