Study Proposes Criteria to Guide Emergency General Surgery Transfers

A study of interfacility transfer rates among emergency general surgery patients requiring short hospitalizations ...

JUNE 5, 2025

Emergency General Surgery OR Saved Time and Money in Study

The use of an emergency general surgery OR can provide value by optimizing transport resources, improving ...

JUNE 3, 2025

Time to Surgery Linked to Mortality in Emergency General Surgery

Mortality rates among emergency general surgery patients increase the longer patients are forced to wait for ...

MAY 14, 2024

People in Poorer ZIP Codes Have Worse Outcomes After Emergency General Surgery

SAVANNAH, Ga.—People who reside in less affluent neighborhoods are more likely to die while in the hospital ...

DECEMBER 11, 2023

COVID-19 Increases Mortality, Complications for Emergency General Surgery Patients

Patients with COVID-19 who undergo emergency general surgery (EGS) have significantly elevated rates of mortality ...

APRIL 6, 2022

Physiologic Factors Leading to Temporary Abdominal Closure In EGS Patients Identified

Preoperative coagulopathy, vasopressor use and incomplete source control at index operation are the clinical ...

MARCH 17, 2022

Dedicated Emergency General Surgery Service Can Reduce Complications, Study Shows

ATLANTA—Establishing a dedicated emergency general surgery service line may reduce complication rates, ...

JANUARY 28, 2022

ACA Yields Mixed Results on Emergency General Surgery Outcomes

Baltimore—The Affordable Care Act successfully added 20 million more Americans to insurance programs than in ...

NOVEMBER 14, 2017