[HTML][HTML] The acute surgical unit: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

N Kinnear, S Jolly, M Herath, J Han, M Tran… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To systematically review comparative studies on the acute surgical unit (ASU)
model. Methods Searches were performed of Cochrane, Embase, Medline and grey …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical outcomes of daytime versus nighttime laparoscopic appendectomy in children

Z Pogorelić, I Janković Marendić, T Čohadžić, M Jukić - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aim of the study: To evaluate the clinical outcomes and complication rate of laparoscopic
appendectomy in children operated on during the daytime versus nighttime. Methods: A total …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the acute care surgery model on resident operative experience in emergency general surgery

MT Meschino, AE Giles, PT Engels… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The acute care surgery (ACS) model has been shown to improve patient,
hospital and surgeon-specific outcomes. To date, however, little has been published on its …

[HTML][HTML] Operating room use for emergency general surgery cases: analysis of the Patterns of Complex Emergency General Surgery in Canada study

MT Meschino, KN Vogt, L Allen, M Saddik… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Access to the operating room (OR) is variable among emergency general
surgery (EGS) services, with some having dedicated EGS ORs, and others only a shared …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical impact of a quality improvement program including dedicated emergency radiology personnel on emergency surgical management: a propensity …

GS Hong, CW Lee, JH Lee, B Kim… - Korean Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To investigate the clinical impact of a quality improvement program including
dedicated emergency radiology personnel (QIP-DERP) on the management of emergency …

[HTML][HTML] Potential access to emergency general surgical care in Ontario

J Nantais, K Larsen, G Skelhorne-Gross… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Limited access to timely emergency general surgery (EGS) care is a probable driver of
increased mortality and morbidity. Our objective was to estimate the portion of the Ontario …

The Operating Room management for emergency Surgical Activity (ORSA) study: a WSES international survey

B De Simone, V Agnoletti, FM Abu-Zidan, WL Biffl… - Updates in Surgery, 2024 - Springer
Background Despite advances and improvements in the management of surgical patients,
emergency and trauma surgery is associated with high morbidity and mortality. This may be …

[HTML][HTML] A model-based validation study of postoperative complications with considerations on operative timing

K Qian, S Wu, W Lee, S Liu, A Li, J Cang… - Annals of Translational …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Surgery is a highly technical procedure relying on high mental acuity and
manual dexterity. The possibility that surgical outcomes and post-operative complications …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the practice of reprocessing ORs in German hospitals from an infection prevention and control perspective

C Grimm, S Scheithauer, T Artelt, A Stieber… - Infection, 2024 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to analyze the cleaning and disinfection of operating
rooms (ORs) status quo focusing on hygiene plans in German hospitals. Methods In 2016, a …

Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Rescue: Expanding the Definition

JJ Diaz, S Barnes, L O'Meara, R Sawyer… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Surgical rescue (SR) is the recovery of patients with surgical complications.
Patients transferred (TP) for surgical diagnoses to higher-level care or inpatients (IP) …