Demonstrating safety through in-hospital mortality analysis following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in England

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Holt, P J E ^a   Poloniecki, J D ^b   Loftus, I M ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38549179550     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5990     Document Type: Article

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