European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Oct 1998
Multicenter StudyICU protocol may affect the outcome of non-elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
To compare the outcome of patients undergoing non-elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair at two hospitals under the care of a single vascular surgeon. ⋯ The outcome at both hospitals is at least as good as other reported series, but it is interesting to note that the hospital which used less pulmonary artery catheters and less intervention (in the form of colloid and inotropes) showed a reduced mortality. These data may be important in assessing the different therapeutic strategies employed postoperatively in the ICU.