Impact of Inter-Hospital Transfer on Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Emergency Abdominal Surgery: A Tertiary Referral Center's Perspective.
Joël L LavanchyJean-Baptiste DubuisAlice OsterwalderSebastian WinterhalderTobias HaltmeierDaniel CandinasBeat SchnürigerPublished in: World journal of surgery (2021)
Other than in patients with low surgical stress or hollow viscus perforation, in patients with potential bowel ischemia inter-hospital transfer was an independent predictor for higher mortality. Taking into account the time sensitiveness of bowel ischemia, efforts should be made to avoid inter-hospital transfer in this vulnerable subgroup of patients.
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