Differential effect of nutritional status on vascular surgery outcomes in a Veterans Affairs versus private hospital setting

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Boitano, Laura T ^a,b   Wang, Edward C ^b   Kibbe, Melina R ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Complications; Postoperative outcomes; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHICAGO; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84868572160     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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