Open AccessFrailty is associated with increased waiting time for relevant process-of-care measures; findings from the Emergency Laparoscopic and Laparotomy Scottish audit (ELLSA)
Author(s) -
Euan A. Ramsay,
Ben Carter,
Roy L. Soiza,
Siobhan Duffy,
Susan Moug,
Phyo Kyaw Myint
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znab371
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , laparotomy , cohort , emergency medicine , medical emergency , general surgery , surgery , management , economics
This paper using Scottish audit data found that frailty was associated with longer waiting times at almost all stages of the preoperative emergency general surgical pathway. Frailty and ASA fitness grade were also good indicators of mortality in this cohort.
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