Advantage of a one-stop referral and management service for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1416-1421

  Hafez, H ^a   Owen, L W ^a   Lorimer, C F K ^a   Bajwa, A ^a  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RUPTURED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRAVEL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 72249118835     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6783     Document Type: Article

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