Coronary Bypass Surgery in the Elderly (Record no. 17186)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | A. 1516 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240305193352.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9401102090 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789401102094 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 617.412 059 084 6 WAL ed |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | P.J. Walter |
| 9 (RLIN) | 35454 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Coronary Bypass Surgery in the Elderly |
| Remainder of title | Ethical, Economical and Quality of Life Aspects |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | illustrated |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer Science & Business Media |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 268 pages |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Volume/sequential designation | Volume 161 of Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Coronary artery bypass surgery in the elderly: Too often or too seldom? It is a testimony to scientific advances that raising a simple inquiry today, such as whether coronary artery bypass surgery is done too often or too seldom in elderlypatients, requiresanexplorationofwhatviewsonemightholdonseveral medical as well as non-medical issues. Unlike earlier years when doctors were clinically free to decide what should be done with a patient, health has become an expensive human right, decisions about which also involve the patient, the epidemiologist, the health policy administrator, politicians, the exchequer, and the philosopher. In its broadest definition health has come to mean the core of well-being and, therefore, the goal ofany socio-economic system. Until only a decade ago, medical opinion regarding how often coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) was indicated or useful was unclear. Becauseof multi-organ senescence, the elderly were expected to have a higher rate operative morbidity and mortality and, having crossed an advanced life span, might not live very long after the operation. Decision making on medical grounds first depends on knowing if a patient can survive an operation compared to how long they would survive without it, i. e. |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Medical / Surgery / Cardiothoracic |
| 9 (RLIN) | 27048 |
| General subdivision | Medical / Public Health |
| 9 (RLIN) | 28323 |
| General subdivision | Medical / Geriatrics |
| 9 (RLIN) | 29047 |
| General subdivision | Medical / Clinical Medicine |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26816 |
| General subdivision | Medical / Cardiology |
| 9 (RLIN) | 26817 |
| General subdivision | Medical › Surgery › Cardiothoracic |
| 9 (RLIN) | 28361 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 04/20/2022 | 617.412 059 084 6 WAL ed | A. 1516 | 04/20/2022 | 04/20/2022 | BOOKS | ||||||||
| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 04/20/2022 | 617.412 059 084 6 WAL ed | A. 1511 | 04/20/2022 | 04/20/2022 | BOOKS |