Nonagenarian surgical admissions for the acute abdomen: Who benefits?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1570-1572

  Toumi, Z ^a   Kesterton, A ^a   Bhowmick, A ^a   Beveridge, A J ^a   Scott, N A ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956836857     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02468.x     Document Type: Article

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