Regional disparities in incidence, handling and outcomes of patients with symptomatic and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in Norway

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Brattheim, B J ^a,b   Eikemo, T A ^a,c   Altreuther, M ^d   Landmark, A D ^a,b   Faxvaag, A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Aortic rupture; Incidence; Retrospective studies; Screening; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84865502769     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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