Direct Admission to a Vascular Referral Center Improves Outcomes for Patients With Acute Vascular Disease

Patients with acute vascular disease frequently need specialized management that may require transfer to a vascular referral center. However, interhospital transfers may delay appropriate care, favoring primary admission to a specialty center. We hypothesized that patients with acute vascular disease requiring transfer to a vascular referral center have worse outcomes than patients directly admitted for specialty acute vascular care.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 20, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Donald Harris, Sarah Olson, Richa Kalsi, Charles Drucker, Ali Khalifeh, Shahab Toursavadkohi, Rajabrata Sarkar, Robert Crawford Tags: Abstract from the 2017 Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society Annual Meeting Source Type: research