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SUBMITTER: Gillies MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820227 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the Intensive Care Society 20190425 4
<h4>Background</h4>The relationship between postoperative intensive care (ICU) admission following emergency general surgery (EGS) and emergency hospital readmission has not been widely investigated.<h4>Methods</h4>Retrospective analysis of registry data for patients undergoing EGS in Scotland, 2005-2007. Exposure of interest was ICU admission status (direct from theatre; indirect after initial care on ward; no ICU admission). The primary outcome was emergency hospital readmission within 30 days ...[more]