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Palliative Emergency General Surgery
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2023Acute care surgeons encounter patients experiencing surgical emergencies related to advanced malignancy, catastrophic vascular events, or associated with multisystem organ failure. The acute nature is a factor in establishing a relationship between surgeon, patient, and family.
Gregory, Schaefer +2 more
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Emergency General Surgery—A Misnomer?
The American Surgeon™, 2018Emergency general surgery (EGS) is defined as the urgent assessment and treatment of non-trauma, general surgical emergencies involving adults. Acute surgical emergencies often represent the most common reason for hospital admission with diagnoses, including bowel obstruction and appendicitis.
Kirby, Quinn +4 more
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Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2018
BACKGROUND The provision of emergency general surgery services is a global issue, with important implications for patients and workforce. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of emergency general surgical patients in the United Kingdom, with reference to diagnostic case mix, operative workload, comorbidity ...
Ramsay, G, Wohlgemut, JM, Jansen, JO
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BACKGROUND The provision of emergency general surgery services is a global issue, with important implications for patients and workforce. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of emergency general surgical patients in the United Kingdom, with reference to diagnostic case mix, operative workload, comorbidity ...
Ramsay, G, Wohlgemut, JM, Jansen, JO
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Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2013
Acute care surgery encompasses trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery (EGS). While the first two components are well defined, the scope of EGS practice remains unclear. This article describes the work of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma to define EGS.A total of 621 unique International Classification of Diseases-
Shahid, Shafi +12 more
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Acute care surgery encompasses trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery (EGS). While the first two components are well defined, the scope of EGS practice remains unclear. This article describes the work of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma to define EGS.A total of 621 unique International Classification of Diseases-
Shahid, Shafi +12 more
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Readmission after emergency general surgery
The American Journal of Surgery, 2020Readmission rates are an important metric because they enable an evaluation of care and affect Medicare funding. This study evaluates factors contributing to readmission after emergency general surgery.The Virginia Health Information database was used to identify patients who had undergone the most common emergency general surgery procedures from 1 ...
Katherine M, Kelley +4 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1947
You have heard this morning an excellent resume of the "advances" made in various surgical fields in the treatment of injuries during World War II. The presentations of Drs. Woodhall, Imes, Blades and Cleveland and Professor Sedden have covered the best of the collected knowledge of our military forces and represent the methods of treatment which had ...
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You have heard this morning an excellent resume of the "advances" made in various surgical fields in the treatment of injuries during World War II. The presentations of Drs. Woodhall, Imes, Blades and Cleveland and Professor Sedden have covered the best of the collected knowledge of our military forces and represent the methods of treatment which had ...
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Risk assessment in emergency general surgery
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2018Patients with emergency general surgery (EGS) diseases display variable severity. The extent of disease can be amplified by comorbidity or dramatic changes in presenting physiology. Estimating the extent of disease severity in order to adequately provide prognosis, determine optimal operative or non-operative management, and plan for potential outcomes
Matthew C, Hernandez +3 more
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Seasonal Variation in Emergency General Surgery
Annals of Surgery, 2016The aim of this study was to assess the seasonal variation in emergency general surgery (EGS) admissions.Seasonal variation in medical conditions is well established; however, its impact on EGS cases remains unclear.The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried over an 8-year period (2004-2011) for all patients with diagnosis of acute ...
Bardiya, Zangbar +7 more
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Damage Control Surgery and Transfer in Emergency General Surgery
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2023Selective non traumatic emergency surgery patients are targets for damage control surgery (DCS) to prevent or treat abdominal compartment syndrome and the lethal triad. However, DCS is still a subject of controversy. As a concept, DCS describes a series of abbreviated surgical procedures to allow rapid source control of hemorrhage and contamination in ...
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Emergency general surgery and the implications for specialisation
The Surgeon, 2004To examine the overall spectrum of emergency general surgical admissions and operations in Edinburgh, to identify the influence of an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department and observe the current practice of sub-specialisation.Data for all general surgical admissions and operations in the two main Edinburgh hospitals are recorded prospectively using ...
E J, Dawson, S, Paterson-Brown
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