Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to answer 2 questions: first, to what degree does hospital operative volume affect mortality for adult patients undergoing 1 of 10 common emergency general surgery (EGS) operations? Second, at what hospital operative volume threshold will nearly all patients undergoing an emergency operation realize the average mortality risk?

Background

Nontrauma surgical emergencies are an underappreciated public health crisis in the United States; redefining where such emergencies are managed may improve outcomes. The field of trauma surgery established regionalized systems of care in part because studies demonstrated a clear relationship between hospital volume and survival for traumatic emergencies. Such a relationship has not been well-studied for nontrauma s

SUBMITTER: Becher RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature