Perioperative morbidity is associated with reduced long term survival. Comorbid disease,
cardiovascular illness, and functional capacity can predispose patients to adverse surgical …

Critical care medicine is a global specialty and epidemiologic research among countries
provides important data on availability of critical care resources, best practices, and …

Background Emergency laparotomy is a common intra-abdominal procedure. Outcomes are
generally recognized to be poor, but there is a paucity of hard UK data, and reports have …

Introduction Little is known about mortality rates following general surgical procedures in the
United Kingdom. Deaths are most common in the'high-risk'surgical population consisting …

We analysed the physiological values and early warning score obtained from 1047 ward
patients assessed by an intensive care outreach service. Patients were either referred …

Background There is increasing evidence of variable standards of care for patients
undergoing emergency general surgery in the National Health Service (NHS). The aim of …

Previous reports describe a population of non‐cardiac surgical patients at high risk of
complications and death. Outcomes are sub‐optimal for such patients, perhaps in part …

Abstract Background. Although the POSSUM (Physiological and Operative Severity Score
for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity) score can be used to calculate operative risk …

Background Previous studies have suggested that there may be long-term harm associated
with postoperative complications. Uncertainty exists however, because of the need for risk …

Traditionally, the care of patients undergoing major surgery has been tailored to the index
operation and the disease being treated by this procedure. However, a strong case can be …