[HTML][HTML] Interhospital transfer (IHT) in emergency general surgery patients (EGS): a scoping review

RD Emanuelson, SJ Brown, PM Termuhlen - Surgery Open Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background/Aims of study Interhospital transfer of emergency general surgery
patients continues to rise, and no system for transfer of emergency general surgery patients …

Factors influencing interhospital transfer delays in emergency general surgery: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

E Young, TW Khoo, MI Trochsler… - ANZ Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Emergency general surgery is an emerging public health issue globally, with
substantial healthcare burden. Interhospital transfer of critically unwell surgical patients has …

Volume and in-hospital mortality after emergency abdominal surgery: a national population-based study

DM Nally, J Sørensen, G Valentelyte, L Hammond… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
​ Objectives Emergency abdominal surgery (EAS) refers to high-risk intra-abdominal
surgical procedures undertaken for acute gastrointestinal pathology. The relationship …

Assessment of hospital characteristics and interhospital transfer patterns of adults with emergency general surgery conditions

CY Teng, BS Davis, MR Rosengart… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although patients with emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions frequently
undergo interhospital transfers, the transfer patterns and associated factors are not well …

Impact of interhospital transfer on patient outcomes in emergency general surgery

L Allen, K Vogt, E Joos, R van Heest, F Saleh, S Widder… - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Emergency general surgery patients are at an increased risk for morbidity and
mortality compared to their elective surgery counterparts. The complex nature of emergency …

The unequal impact of interhospital transfers on emergency general surgery patients: procedure risk and time to surgery matter

R Coimbra, R Barrientos, T Allison-Aipa… - Journal of Trauma …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND The impact of interhospital transfer on outcomes of patients undergoing
emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures is incompletely studied. We set out to …

The impact of income on emergency general surgery outcomes in urban and rural areas

E de Jager, MA Chaudhary, F Rahim… - Journal of Surgical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) accounts for more than 2 million US hospital
admissions annually. Low-income EGS patients have higher rates of postoperative adverse …

Emergency general surgery transfer and effect on inpatient mortality and post-discharge emergency department visits: a propensity score matched analysis

M Watson, J Zhao, P Turk, T Hetherington… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS) and interhospital
transfer (IHT) have increased mortality. Prior analyses of IHT have been limited by the …

Factors affecting the length of stay in the emergency department for critically Ill patients transferred to regional emergency medical center

H Lee, S Lee, H Kim - Nursing Open, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To identify the factors affecting Emergency Department Length of Stay for transferred
critically ill patients. Background The Length of Stay of the transferred patients is an …

Factors associated with Interhospital transfers of emergency general surgery patients from emergency departments

S Fernandes-Taylor, DY Yang, J Schumacher… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions account for over 3 million or 7.1%
of hospitalizations per year in the US. Patients are increasingly transferred from community …