Functional performance and 30-day postoperative mortality after emergency laparotomy—a retrospective, multicenter, observational cohort study of 1084 patients

Functional performance and 30-day postoperative mortality after emergency laparotomy—a retrospective, multicenter, observational cohort study of 1084 patients

Abstract Background Despite the importance of predicting adverse postoperative outcomes, functional performance status as a proxy for frailty has not been systematically evaluated in emergency abdominal surgery. Our aim was to evaluate if the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance sco...

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Main Authors: Mirjana Cihoric, Line Toft Tengberg, Nicolai Bang Foss, Ismail Gögenur, Mai-Britt Tolstrup, Morten Bay-Nielsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Perioperative Medicine
Subjects:
Emergency laparotomy
Frailty
30-day mortality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13741-020-00143-7

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