Can a perioperative physician improve care and reduce length of stay in a surgical emergency admission unit?

M Hammersley, H Jones, S Singh, I Stratton, M Silva - Clin Med, 2015 - scholar.archive.org
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Cohort study on emergency general surgery patients and an observation unit

M Dickfos, H Ibrahim, A Evans… - ANZ Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Medium‐sized, non‐trauma hospitals experience many of the same difficulties
as tertiary centres do when it comes to managing emergency general surgery patients …

High acuity of postoperative consults to emergency general surgery at an urban safety net hospital

M Fiorentino, S Mulles, L Cue, AM Merchant… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) has high rates of morbidity, mortality, and
readmission. Therefore, it might be expected that an EGS service fields many consultations …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability in the process of care during emergency general surgical admission: a prospective cohort study

NRA Symons, K Moorthy, CA Vincent… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Emergency general surgery (EGS) is responsible for 80–90% of surgical in-
hospital deaths and the early management of these unwell patients is critical to improving …

Anecdotes Drive Attitudes, Data Drives Decisions: Optimizing the Emergency Department Workup Prior to Surgical Consultations

KB Snyder, J Ball, J Lees, JC Skaggs, A Sami… - Journal of Surgical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Emergency department (ED) wait times and ED length of stay (LOS) have a
significant impact on patient morbidity and mortality and patient satisfaction. Consultation-to …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond just the operating room: characterizing the complete caseload of a tertiary acute care surgery service

TJ van Zyl, PB Murphy, L Allen, NG Parry… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Most studies evaluating acute care surgery (ACS) models of care for patients
with emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions have focused on patients who undergo …

The dedicated emergency surgeon: towards consultant-based acute surgical admissions

PG Sorelli, NS El-Masry, PM Dawson… - The Annals of The …, 2008 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
INTRODUCTION The management of an efficient acute surgical service with conflicting
pressures of managing elective and emergency work, compounded by waiting list targets …

A clinical decisions unit improves emergency general surgery care delivery

C Johnstone, R Harwood, A Gilliam… - Clinical Governance: An …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose Early access to senior decision makers and investigations has improved outcomes
for many conditions. A surgical clinical decisions unit (CDU) was created to allow rapid …

Can We Decrease the Number of Trauma Patients 'Missing in Action'? A Prospective Pilot Intervention to Improve Trauma Patient Compliance with Outpatient Follow …

AH Haider, RH Figura, K Ladha… - The American …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the development of acute care surgery
(ACS) services to provide care for nonelective surgery patients to address a scarcity of …

The front-line general surgery consultant as a new model of emergency care

AP Navarro, EJO Hardy, B Oakley… - The Annals of The …, 2017 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
Introduction Emergency general surgery services in England are undergoing rapid structural
change with the aim of improving care. In our centre, the key issues identified were high …