Data-driven decision-making for extreme-risk emergency laparotomy: a national success story?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Critical Care and ECMO, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK.

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E Keane et al. Anaesthesia. 2023 Dec.

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. 2023 Dec;78(12):1431-1434.

doi: 10.1111/anae.16136. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Critical Care and ECMO, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK.

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Keywords: decision-making; laparotomy; peri-operative; risk.

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