Morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of emergency colorectal surgery among older patients in the Acute Care Surgery service: A retrospective study

CONCLUSION: Clinical perforation leads to sepsis and septic shock in older patients, this may be modifiable to improve mortality by developing an early, rapid, protocol-driven surgical sepsis fast-track process. Ventilator dependency is potentially modifiable with postoperative advanced surgical critical care. The non-modifiable risk factor of co-morbid heart disease might be improved by postoperative advanced critical care for close monitoring.PMID:33680448 | PMC:PMC7917398 | DOI:10.1016/j.amsu.2020.11.001

Source: Annals of Medicine - March 8, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Chonlada Krutsri Preeda Sumpritpradit Pongsasit Singhatas Tharin Thampongsa Samart Phuwapraisirisan Goragoch Gesprasert Jakrapan Jirasiritham Pattawia Choikrua Source Type: research