OBJECTIVE: To review our experience of a non-selective policy for the treatment of @entity1755 to see if the policy was justified, and to identify any preoperative risk factors that adversely influenced outcome. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Teaching hospital, Republic of Ireland. SUBJECTS: 258 @entity1 admitted with @entity1028 between January 1982 and December 1993. INTERVENTIONS: Definitive surgical treatment. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Morbidity, mortality, and risk factors. RESULTS: In-hospital mortality for all @entity1 was 43% (110/258). Overall, @entity1 did worse than @entity1 (28/44, 64%, died, compared with 96/214, 45%, p=0.03). The mortality among @entity1 over the age of 80 (23/45, 51%) was not significantly different from that among younger @entity1 (97/202, 48%). Blood pressure, platelet count, and haemoglobin concentration were all significantly lower preoperatively among those who died (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Age alone cannot be used to justify witholding definitive surgical treatment. Treatment should be aimed towards reversing haematological and @entity854 preoperatively to try to improve outcome.

An "all comers" policy for ruptured XXXX : how can results be improved?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity854 :: ('MESH:D018376', 'Disease') :: ['haemodynamic abnormalities'] @entity1028 :: ('MESH:D017544', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysms'] @entity1755 :: ('MESH:D001019', 'Disease') :: ['ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm']
@entity1028 :: (MESH:D017544,Disease) :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysms']
