Incidence and risk factors for 30-day postdischarge mortality in patients with vascular disease undergoing major lower extremity amputation

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-224

  Davenport, Daniel L ^a   Ritchie, J David ^a   Xenos, Eleftherios S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN; STEROID;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GANGRENE; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856524145     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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