How do patients aged 85 and older fare with abdominal surgery?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Mirbagheri, Naseem ^a   Dark, Jonathan G ^a   Watters, David A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; Complications; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949136074     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02612.x     Document Type: Article

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