Update on the prevention of death from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 166-168

  Jacomelli, Jo ^a   Summers, Lisa ^a   Stevenson, Anne ^a   Lees, Tim ^b   Earnshaw, Jonothan J ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic aneurysm screening; Ruptured aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTIC RUPTURE; ELDERLY CARE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 85028563749     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969141316667409     Document Type: Article

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