Effect of patient transfer on outcomes after open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Vascular

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Azizzadeh, Ali ^a,b   Miller III, Charles C ^a   Villa, Martin A ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Coogan, Sheila M ^a   Meiner, Sean T ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Rupture; Transfer

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549095933     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2009.00006     Document Type: Review

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