Death row syndrome and demoralization: psychiatric means to social policy ends. Choosing death, whether as a terminally ill patient refusing further treatment or as a death row inmate refusing further appeals of a death sentence, invariably raises questions of mental state. In answering them, we st...
Background: The aim was to determine the true incidence and operative mortality rate of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) who reach hospital alive in Wales.Methods: Patients presenting with a ruptured AAA between September 1996 and August 1997 were analysed. The data were ...
Predicting death from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysmsdoi:10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00538-9AneurysmabdominalRuptureMortalitySurvivalComplicationsBackground: We have previously reported preoperative and immediate postoperative formulae to estimate mortality in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA)...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is ranked as the 13th leading cause of death in the United States.1The overall mortality rate of ruptured AAAs is as high as 80% to 90%.2-4AAA has such nonspecific clinical symptoms that it has been neglected by the public, and most patients do not get ...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a common degenerative disorder associated with sudden death due to aortic rupture. Current therapy is limited to open surgical repair of the aorta or endovascular placement of covered stents to exclude the abdominal aortic aneurysm from the circulation. A number of differen...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is an important cause of death in adults. Currently, the only treatment for AAA is open or endovascular surgical repair. In most parts of the developed world, AAAs can be identified at an early stage as a result of incidental imaging and screening progr...
The treatment of aortic aneurysms with endovascular stents or stent-graft prostheses is receiving increasing attention as an alternative to major abdominal... U Blum,G Voshage,J Lammer,... - 《New England Journal of Medicine》 被引量: 1786发表: 1997年 Death of Smooth Muscle Cells and Expressi...
Abstract Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are a major cause of death. Currently, the mainstay of treatment for AAA is surgical repair and there are no FDA approved medical therapies for AAA. Much research is in progress to discover new medical therapies for AAA. The pathophysiology of AAA is...
going to rupture. Patient with symptomatic AAA most commonly present with abdominal, back, or flank pain. Rupture of the aneurysm is the most concerned and dangerous complication of AAA. Once an AAA ruptures, patient are at hi...
Implementation of an aortic screening program in clinical practice: Implications for the Screen for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Ac... Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) significantly reduces aneurysm-related death. In January 2007, the Federal government enacted Medic...