Background Surgical disease is inadequately addressed globally, and emergency
conditions requiring surgery contribute substantially to the global disease burden. Methods …

Abstract Background This is Part 2 of the first consensus guidelines for optimal care of
patients undergoing emergency laparotomy (EL) using an Enhanced Recovery After …

Importance Emergency general surgery (EGS) represents 11% of surgical admissions and
50% of surgical mortality in the United States. However, there is currently no established …

Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce length of stay,
complications and costs for a large number of elective surgical procedures. A similar …

BACKGROUND Emergency general surgery (EGS) carries a disproportionate burden of risk
from medical errors, complications, and death compared with non-EGS (NEGS). Previous …

BACKGROUND Emergency general surgery (EGS) represents illnesses of very diverse
pathology related only by their urgent nature. The growth of acute care surgery has …

Importance Given the current climate of outcomes-driven quality reporting, it is critical to
appropriately risk stratify patients using standardized metrics. Objective To elucidate the risk …

Background Emergency laparotomies in the UK, USA and Denmark are known to have a
high risk of death, with accompanying evidence of suboptimal care. The emergency …

BACKGROUND Adoption of the acute care surgery model has led to increasing volumes of
emergency general surgery (EGS) patients at trauma centers. However, the financial burden …

Importance Hospital readmission rates following surgery are increasingly being used as a
marker of quality of care and are used in pay-for-performance metrics. To our knowledge …