Background Although falls are common, costly, and often preventable, emergency
department (ED)‐initiated fall screening and prevention efforts are rare. The Geriatric …

The definition of sepsis continues to be as dynamic as the management strategies used to
treat this. Sepsis-3 has replaced the earlier systemic inflammatory response syndrome …

BACKGROUND Classic risk assessment tools often treat patients' risk factors as linear and
additive. Clinical reality suggests that the presence of certain risk factors can alter the impact …

Surgical patients may experience inadvertent perioperative hypothermia, a condition that
can cause a variety of complications, including surgical site infection (SSI). The authors of …

BACKGROUND The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) was recently developed and
retrospectively validated as an accurate mortality risk calculator for emergency general …

Diabetic foot ulcers are among the most serious complications of diabetes. If left untreated,
these ulcers can lead to severe infection and gangrene; in some instances, they may result …

Background The performance of the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS), a validated risk
calculator, in the elderly emergency general surgery (EGS) patient remains unclear. We …

Abstract Background The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) is an accurate mortality risk
calculator for emergency general surgery (EGS). We sought to assess whether ESS can …

Abstract Background The Emergency Surgery Score was recently validated in a prospective
multicenter study as an accurate predictor of mortality in emergency general surgery …

Liver transplantation (LT) is a potentially curative treatment for terminal stage hepatic
diseases. Bacterial infections are the main causes of mortality and morbidity in the early …