Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in community practice: Age and operative variables predict survival

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 912-916

  Pae, Sarah J ^a   Carr, John Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Passavant Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35848938465     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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