Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Elderly: Can We Predict Mortality?

BACKGROUND: The United Kingdom population is ageing. Half of patients requiring an emergency laparotomy are aged over 70, 20 % die within 30 days, and less than half receive good care. Frailty and delay in management are associated with poor surgical outcomes. P-POSSUM risk scoring is widely accepte...

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Autores principales: Sharrock, Anna E., McLachlan, Jenny, Chambers, Robert, Bailey, Ian S., Kirkby-Bott, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
Materias:
Original Scientific Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5258798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27783141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-016-3751-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5258798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27783141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-016-3751-3

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