Endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in a rural center is both feasible and associated with reduced blood product requirements

Vascular

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 303-308

  Vun, Simon ^a   Walker, Stuart R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Blood products; Rupture

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; POTASSIUM CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTION; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; AORTA RUPTURE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COLLOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COLLOIDS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649111621     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2009.00052     Document Type: Article

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