Assessment of a Multifactorial Risk Index for Predicting Postoperative Pneumonia after Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Vascular

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-39

  Markar, Sheraz R ^a   Walsh, Stewart R ^a   Griffin, Kathryn ^a   Khandanpour, Nader ^a   Tang, Tjun Y ^a   Boyle, Jonathan R ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

postoperative complications diagnosis; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PNEUMONIA RISK INDEX; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84997994573     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: 1708539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00052     Document Type: Article

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