The value of frailty assessments in older surgical patients undergoing emergency laparotomies in Singapore

The value of frailty assessments in older surgical patients undergoing emergency laparotomies in Singapore

Mortality in emergency laparotomy (EL) far exceeds that of elective bowel surgery, and standards for the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) in the UK were introduced due to the high mortality within 1 month of EL.1 In Singapore, 30-day mortality varies between 5.4% and 14.7% after EL.2,3 How...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore Singapore, 2024-06, Vol.53 (6), p.340-341
Hauptverfasser: Rosario, Barbara Helen, Kwok, Kah Meng, Sim, Sarah Kher Ru
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Emergencies
Female
Frail Elderly
Frailty - diagnosis
Geriatric Assessment - methods
Humans
Laparotomy - methods
Male
Singapore
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Zusammenfassung:Mortality in emergency laparotomy (EL) far exceeds that of elective bowel surgery, and standards for the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) in the UK were introduced due to the high mortality within 1 month of EL.1 In Singapore, 30-day mortality varies between 5.4% and 14.7% after EL.2,3 However, 30-day mortality in older patients has been reported to be as high as 31.5%.3
ISSN:0304-4602
2972-4066
0304-4602
DOI:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2024193