Open AccessHospital Volume and Operative Mortality for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Adults
Author(s) -
Robert D. Becher,
Michael P. DeWane,
Nitin Sukumar,
Marilyn Stolar,
Thomas M Gill,
Adrian A. Maung,
Kevin M. Schuster,
Kimberly A. Davis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000003232
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , case mix index , cholecystectomy , retrospective cohort study , acute care , intravascular volume status , general surgery , health care , intensive care medicine , surgery , hemodynamics , nursing , economics , economic growth
This study aimed to answer 2 questions: first, to what degree does hospital operative volume affect mortality for adult patients undergoing 1 of 10 common emergency general surgery (EGS) operations? Second, at what hospital operative volume threshold will nearly all patients undergoing an emergency operation realize the average mortality risk?