Twenty-year study of in-hospital and postdischarge mortality following emergency general surgical admission.
George RamsayJ M WohlgemutJ O JansenPublished 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.