Emergency laparotomy risk assessment: An audit of South Australian hospitals

Emergency laparotomy risk assessment: An audit of South Australian hospitals

Background: Emergency laparotomy (EL) is associated with high mortality rates and is performed on a heterogenous patient population. Pre-operative risk assessment is one tool which can assist with EL patient care. We aimed to characterise rates of pre-operative risk assessment for EL patients in Sou...

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Main Authors: Joseph N. Hewitt, Thomas J. Milton, Octavia Tz-Shane Lee, Joshua Tinnion, Antonio Barbaro, Katarina Foley, Ishraq Murshed, Nick Georges, Rippan Shukla, Cameron Main, Christopher Dobbins, Markus I. Trochsler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Surgery in Practice and Science
Subjects:
General surgery
Emergency laparotomy
Risk assessment
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666262023000712

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