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Twenty-year study of in-hospital and postdischarge mortality following emergency general surgical admission.

George RamsayJ M WohlgemutJ O Jansen
Published in: BJS open (2019)
Mortality after EGS in Scotland has reduced significantly over the past 20 years. This analysis of medium-term mortality after EGS admission demonstrates strikingly high rates, and postdischarge death rates are higher than is currently appreciated.
Keyphrases
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