Increased mortality in the elderly after emergency abdominal surgery

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Svenningsen, Peter ^a   Manoharan, Thukirtha ^a   Foss, Nicolai B ^a   Lauritsen, Morten L ^a   Bay Nielsen, Morten ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; AGED; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905454645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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