Emergency laparotomy preoperative risk assessment tool performance: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preoperative assessment of risk for emergency laparotomy may enhance decision making with regards to urgency or perioperative critical care admission and promote a more informed consent process for patients. Accordingly, we aimed to assess the performance of risk assessment tools in predicting mortality after emergency laparotomy.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library and CINAHL were searched to 12 February 2022 for observational studies reporting expected mortality based on a preoperative risk assessment and actual mortality after emergency laparotomy. Study screening, data extraction, and risk of bias using the Downs and Black checklist were performed in duplicate. Data on setting, operation undertaken, expected and actual mortality rates were extracted.

SUBMITTER: Hewitt JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11750015 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature