Prediction of Two Year Survival Following Elective Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms at A Single Centre Using A Random Forest Classification Algorithm.

Objective: The decision to electively repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) involves balancing the risk of rupture, peri-procedural death, and life expectancy. Random forest classifiers (RFCs) are powerful machine learning algorithms. The aim of this study was to construct and validate a random forest machine learning tool to predict two year survival following elective AAA repair.

The Role of Interfascial Plane Blocks in Paediatric Regional Anaesthesia: A Narrative Review of Current Perspectives and Updates.

Regional anaesthesia has been increasingly used for analgesia in the perioperative period in paediatric anaesthesia for better pain control and improved patient outcomes. Interfascial plane blocks are considered as a subgroup of peripheral nerve blocks. The advent of ultrasound in modern regional anaesthesia practice has led to the evolution of various interfascial plane blocks.

The fate of patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms referred for consideration for elective repair.

Background: The premise of the Vascular Services Quality Improvement Programme (VSQIP) in management of patients with asymptomatic large abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is reducing mortality from ruptured AAA in a sustainable way without introducing excessive procedure related mortality. Inevitably a proportion of patients are deemed unfit for elective repair. The aim of this study was to report outcomes of patients who were referred with large asymptomatic AAAs including those turned down for elective repair and identify independent risk factors for being turned down for elective open or endovascular repair of AAA.

Is gender still a risk factor for mortality in patients who undergo elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms? Experience of a single center.

Background: Vascular Services Quality Improvement Program (VSQIP) was introduced to reduce mortality from elective repair of AAA in the UK. This study examines the differences in perioperative mortality and postoperative survival between men and women following elective repair of AAAs in the 10 years after implementation of the (VSQIP).

Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent elective repair of AAA between 1 January 2008 and 31 March 2018 were included.

Anaerobic threshold as an independent predictor of mid-term survival following elective endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the value preoperative AT as predictor of postoperative survival in patients who underwent elective EVAR for repair of asymptomatic AAA.

Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent elective EVAR between 2008 and 2018 were analyzed. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was performed.