Pre-operative risk scores for the prediction of outcome in elderly people who require emergency surgery

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Rix, Thomas E ^a   Bates, Tom ^b  

^a EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34347262442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-2-16     Document Type: Review

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