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Reducing mortality for high risk surgical patients in the UK.

Abstract

Over 40 million surgical procedures are performed per annum in the USA and Europe, including several million patients who are considered to be high risk (Bennett-Guerrero et al 2003). Overall, the risk of death or major complications after surgery in the general surgical patient population is low, with a post-operative mortality rate of less than1% during the same hospital admission (Niskanen et al 2001).

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    • Authors

    Rogers BA, Carrothers AD, Jones C

    Institution

    Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5. benedictrogers@hotmail.com

    Source

    Journal of perioperative practice 22:6 2012 Jun pg 204-6

    MeSH

    Great Britain
    Humans
    Intraoperative Care
    Postoperative Care
    Preoperative Care
    Risk Factors
    Surgical Procedures, Operative
    Triage

    Pub Type(s)

    Journal Article

    Language

    eng

    PubMed ID

    22774656