Delaying the ideal time to surgery as defined by a local classification of surgical emergencies increases postoperative morbidity and mortality

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2023 Oct;42(5):101256. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2023.101256. Epub 2023 Jun 1.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Medical Centre, 80000 Amiens, France; SSPC UPJV 7518 (Simplifications des Soins Patients Chirurgicaux Complexes - Simplification of Care of Complex Surgical Patients) Clinical Research Unit, Jules Verne University of Picardie, 80000 Amiens, France. Electronic address: bar.stephane@chu-amiens.fr.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Medical Centre, 80000 Amiens, France.
³ SSPC UPJV 7518 (Simplifications des Soins Patients Chirurgicaux Complexes - Simplification of Care of Complex Surgical Patients) Clinical Research Unit, Jules Verne University of Picardie, 80000 Amiens, France; Department of Digestive Surgery, Amiens University Medical Centre, 80000 Amiens, France.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Amiens University Medical Centre, 80000 Amiens, France; SSPC UPJV 7518 (Simplifications des Soins Patients Chirurgicaux Complexes - Simplification of Care of Complex Surgical Patients) Clinical Research Unit, Jules Verne University of Picardie, 80000 Amiens, France.

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Keywords: Classification; Emergency surgery; Postoperative complications.

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