Scoring systems do not accurately predict outcome following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-282

  Sandford, Rebecca M ^a,b   Bown, Matthew J ^a   Sayers, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Outcome; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APACHE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33947128211     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04033.x     Document Type: Article

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