Factors that predict prolonged length of stay after aortic surgery

In this era of managed health care, third-party payers insist that surgeons minimize hospital stay even after major operations such as aortic surgery. We attempted to identify risk factors that predict prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) so that realistic expectations can be established for thes...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of vascular surgery 2003-08, Vol.38 (2), p.335-339
Hauptverfasser:	Chang, Jeanette K, Calligaro, Keith D, Lombardi, Joseph P, Dougherty, Matthew J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Aged Aorta, Abdominal - surgery Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - epidemiology Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery Arterial Occlusive Diseases - epidemiology Arterial Occlusive Diseases - surgery Biological and medical sciences Comorbidity Critical Pathways Female Humans Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology Risk Factors Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Vascular Surgical Procedures
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