Expanding use of emergency endovascular repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: Disparities in outcomes from a nationwide perspective

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1165-1171

  Lesperance, Kelly ^a   Andersen, Charles ^a   Singh, Niten ^a   Starnes, Benjamin ^a   Martin, Matthew J ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 44349116108     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.055     Document Type: Article

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