Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Lancet: Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Mortality US vs England


"Mortality from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: clinical lessons from a comparison of outcomes in England and the USA"
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60109-4/fulltext
"Interpretation

In-hospital survival from rAAA, intervention rates, and uptake of endovascular repair are lower in England than in the USA. In England and the USA, the lowest mortality for rAAA was seen in teaching hospitals with larger bed capacities and doing a greater proportion of cases with endovascular repair. These common factors suggest strategies for improving outcomes for patients with rAAA." 

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