title: Long-term survival following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
abstract: Survival following emergency surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm remains poor and is in stark contrast to that for elective repair. We have carried out a 5-year retrospective observational study to determine the long-term (5-year) survival of patients following emergency surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm at a district general hospital in East Anglia. A total of 99 patients presented to the operating theatre for emergency repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in this 5-year study period. In-hospital mortality was 70% and was unchanged over the 5 years. Overall long-term survival in those patients discharged from hospital was good. The ICU cost per long-term survivor was calculated to be pound sterling 36750.
authors.affiliation: Specialist Registrar in Anasthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anasthesia, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4ET, UK.
authors.forename: Q J
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Burchett
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate