Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Objectives: Acute care surgery (ACS) encompasses surgical critical care, emergency general surgery, and the surgical management of trauma. Following ACS implementation at our institution, we developed a perioperative clinical pathway for acute appendicitis (AA) to improve efficiency and standardize post-operative care. The purpose of our study is to assess patient outcomes utilizing our ACS clinical pathway for patients with AA.
Source: Surgical Infections
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2024.100
Authors: Naima Islam, Garima Thakkar, Celeste Ferguson, Kevin Kennedy, Nicholas Bennett, Tolulope Oyetunji, Alyssa Fesmire, Josh Gazzetta, Dennis Arce, Tammy Neblock-Beirne, Sean Nix, Leo Andrew O. Benedict
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Saint Luke's Health System
OpenAlex ID: W4404147543