Factors predicting mortality in emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fukuda, Naoto ^a   Wada, Joji ^a   Niki, Michio ^a   Sugiyama, Yasuyuki ^b   Mushiake, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgical emergency; Elderly; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860821864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-7-12     Document Type: Article

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