Emergency Surgery (concept): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:28, 12 August 2024

Admit Types:

The concept of emergency surgery is used in two places:

Surgery is considered emergent only if the patient

AND

has "E1" in the E1, E2, E3 scheme for surgery documentation
- includes difficult intubations performed in the OR (as long as listed as an "E1")

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-The concept of emergency surgery is used in at least two places:
+Admit Types:
+The concept of emergency surgery is used in two places:
 * [[Admit Type for APACHE II]]
-* [[Emergency Surgery (TISS Item)]]
+* {{TISS w Nr | Emergency Surgery (TISS Item)}}
+== When to consider surgery emergent ==
+Surgery is considered emergent only if the patient
+*  was admitted '''from OR or Recovery'''
+:: AND
+* '''has "E1"''' in the E1, E2, E3 scheme for surgery documentation
+** includes difficult intubations performed in the OR (as long as listed as an "E1")
-{{discussion}}
+== Related articles ==
-Right now they don't use identical definitions. Should they? If so we should break them out to this article and link here.
+{{Related Articles}}
 [[Category:APACHE II]]
 [[Category:TISS28]]