Factors predicting resource utilization and survival after major amputation

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 784-790

  Henry, Antonia J ^a,c   Hevelone, Nathanael D ^a   Hawkins, Alexander T ^a,b,c   Watkins, Michael T ^b,c   Belkin, Michael ^a,c   Nguyen, Louis L ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875221715     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.09.035     Document Type: Article

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