Benchmarking against the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit recommendations

ConclusionMortality in patients following emergency laparotomy at Logan Hospital compares favourably with 11.1% reported by NELA. This may be partly attributable to case mix distribution as for each P‐POSSUM risk Logan Hospital mortality was at the upper end of that reported by NELA. Further Australia data are required. Improved compliance with NELA recommendations may improve outcomes.

Source: ANZ Journal of Surgery - September 1, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Yiu Ming Ho, Julie Cappello, Ramin Kousary, Brian McGowan, Arkadiusz P. Wysocki Tags: Original Article Source Type: research