Death is not the worst that can happen: risk scoring and outcomes in emergency laparotomy

Anaesthesia. 2023 Sep;78(9):1055-1057. doi: 10.1111/anae.16018. Epub 2023 Apr 5.

Authors

D R A Yates^{1

2}, S Davies^{3

2}, A D Kane^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, York, UK.
² North Yorkshire Academic Alliance of Perioperative Medicine, York, UK.
³ Hull York Medical School, York, UK.
⁴ South Tees University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesborough, UK.

PMID: 37017990
DOI: 10.1111/anae.16018

No abstract available

Keywords: emergency laparotomy; risk scoring.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Emergencies*
Humans
Laparotomy*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors