Higher mortality in patients hospitalized for acute aortic rupture or dissection during weekends

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1247-1254

  Gallerani, Massimo ^a   Imberti, Davide ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^b   Eagle, Kim A ^c   Manfredini, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE AORTIC ANEURYSM RUPTURE OR DISSECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; WEEKDAY; WEEKEND;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84860377533     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.11.133     Document Type: Article

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