Patient outcome of emergency laparotomy improved with increasing “number of surgeons on-call” in a university hospital: Audit loop

Conclusion Our audit-loop suggests that adding a second consultant to the daily on-call rota significantly reduces postoperative mortality and morbidity. Age, ASA and ITU admission are other independent factors affecting patient outcomes. We suggest this change be applied to other high volume centres across the country to improve the outcomes after emergency laparotomy.
Source: Annals of Medicine and Surgery - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research