title: Setting the standards for reporting ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Reported mortality rates for endovascular repair (EVR) of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) vary from 0% to 50%. Selection bias, inaccurate reporting, and lack of uniform reporting standards are responsible for this significant discrepancy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Existing literature about the classification/reporting systems of rAAA is reviewed. A standard way of reporting rAAA based on the physiological, radiological, and operative findings is proposed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proposed system attempts to provide a universal language of communicating the severity of rupture, address the reporting bias, and allow comparing the outcomes of rAAA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK.
authors.forename: Chee V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Soong
authors.forename: Bobby V M
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Dasari
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Loan
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hannon
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000592:standards; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards