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Emergency Laparotomies: Causes, Pathophysiology, and Outcomes
- Source :
- Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine : Peer-reviewed, Official Publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Emergency laparotomies have remained a challenging entity since many decades. Only during the past 10 years, serious efforts have been made to improve their outcome by conducting audits and designing care pathways. Indications for emergency laparotomies can be broadly classified into trauma and non-trauma surgeries, which are either done for control of hemorrhage or/and done for control of sepsis and organ dysfunction. Goal-directed resuscitation for septic/hemorrhagic shock, consultant-led multidisciplinary teams, and timely transfer to intensive care units form core principles of management for these patients. Global inequity in access to standard and affordable emergency surgeries is an area of concern requiring integrated efforts at international level. How to cite this article: Ahmed A, Azim A. Emergency Laparotomies: Causes, Pathophysiology, and Outcomes. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(Suppl 4):S183–S189.
- Subjects :
- International level
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation
Invited Review
business.industry
Perioperative mortality
Organ dysfunction
Emergency laparotomy
Audit
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Multidisciplinary approach
Intensive care
Perioperative care
Hemorrhagic shock
medicine
medicine.symptom
Quality improvement
Intensive care medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09725229
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- Suppl 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7a9a697894d2e98915fa946203640815