Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Does Trauma Center Designation Affect Outcome?

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-136

  Bounoua, Farida ^a   Schuster, Rob ^a   Grewal, Prabhjot ^a   Waxman, Kenneth ^a   Cisek, Paul ^b  

^a SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sansum Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCREDITATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33847646819     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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