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Standardization of Trauma, General Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conferences: Development and Dissemination of a "Toolkit" in Peru
(Springer, 2022)
Background Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conferences allow clinicians to review adverse events and identify areas for improvement. There are few reports of structured M&M conferences in low- and middle-income countries and ...
Routine preoperative testing in elective surgery: What is the evidence?
(2014)
Any patient, who is undergoing a surgical or invasive procedure, requiring anesthesia or sedation, needs a preoperative evaluation. This is essential in any type of surgical procedure. Most of the times, clinical evaluation ...
Clinical characteristics, complications and mortality in 506 patients with infective endocarditis and determinants of survival rate at 10 years
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2012)
Background: Rates of morbidity and mortality in Infective Endocarditis (IE) remain high and prognosis in this disease is still difficult and uncertain. Aim: To study IE in Chile in its active phase during inpatient hospital ...
Parapneumonic empyema: Characterization and factors associated with morbidity and mortality in 242 surgical cases Empiema paraneumónico: Caracterización y factores asociados a morbi-mortalidad en 242 casos tratados quirúrgicamente
(2012)
Objectives: To describe and evaluate factors associated with morbidity and mortality in surgically treated parapneumonic empyemas (PNE). Method: Retrospective review between January 2000 and August 2006. We described ...
Hip fracture in the elderly: does counting time from fracture to surgery or from hospital admission to surgery matter when studying in-hospital mortality?
(Springer London LtdArtingtonInglaterra, 2009)
The effect of surgical delay after hip fracture on mortality : a retrospective survival analysis of 27,397 surgeries in Argentina
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2017)
Objective: To study the effect of surgical delay after hip fracture on mortality rate in Argentina. Methods: We retrieved data of 27,397 patients (79.6% women, age >= 60) undergoing surgery after hip fracture from Jan 1, ...
Efficacy of surgical versus conservative treatment in esophageal perforation: a systematic review of case series studies
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2013-04-01)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of surgical treatment for esophageal perforation. METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was performed. We conducted a search strategy in the main electronic databases such as ...
Efficacy of surgical versus conservative treatment in esophageal perforation: a systematic review of case series studies
(Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia, 2013-04-01)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of surgical treatment for esophageal perforation. METHODS: A systematic review of the literature was performed. We conducted a search strategy in the main electronic databases such as ...
Mortality associated with open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy Causas de mortalidad por colecistectomía tradicional y laparoscópica 1991-2010
(2012)
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is nowadays the standard surgical treatment for cholelithiasis. Aim: To determine surgical mortality of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as compared with the open procedure. Material ...
Association between complications and death within 30 days after noncardiac surgery
(Canadian Medical Association, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Among adults undergoing contemporary noncardiac surgery, little is known about the frequency and timing of death and the associations between perioperative complications and mortality. We aimed to establish the ...