Understanding the length of hospital stay after general surgery using a prospectively maintained local database

Joshua G. Kovoor; Nasim Nematzadeh; Sara Ataie; Bev Thomas; Rachel Short; Amy Davey; Angie Goodrich; Tapaswi Shrestha; Aashray K. Gupta; Brandon Stretton; Stephen Bacchi; Matthew Marshall-Webb; Reto Kaeppeli; Maziar Navidi; Chrisanthi Liyanage; Guy J. Maddern; S. George Barreto; Lilian Kow; Robert T. Padbury

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2024.02.007

Understanding the length of hospital stay after general surgery using a prospectively maintained local database

Joshua G. Kovoor, Nasim Nematzadeh, Sara Ataie, Bev Thomas, Rachel Short, Amy Davey, Angie Goodrich, Tapaswi Shrestha, Aashray K. Gupta, Brandon Stretton, Stephen Bacchi, Matthew Marshall-Webb, Reto Kaeppeli, Maziar Navidi, Chrisanthi Liyanage, Guy J. Maddern, S. George Barreto, Lilian Kow, Robert T. Padbury

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We read with interest the study by Jensen et al that demonstrated the feasibility of remote surgical triage at freestanding emergency departments (EDs). To complement this, we analyzed a prospectively maintained local database to understand the length of hospital stay (LOS) in general surgery patients who require inpatient admissions.

The Communication Auditing Reporting Tool is a prospectively maintained database used by general surgery units of the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network in South Australia. Data were extracted from the Communication Auditing Reporting Tool, including emergency and elective admissions under general surgery services...

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	979-980
Number of pages	2
Journal	Surgery (United States)
Volume	176
Issue number	3
Early online date	19 Mar 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2024.02.007
Publication status	Published - Sept 2024

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Surgery
Inpatient admissions
Length of stay

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Kovoor, J. G., Nematzadeh, N., Ataie, S., Thomas, B., Short, R., Davey, A., Goodrich, A., Shrestha, T., Gupta, A. K., Stretton, B., Bacchi, S., Marshall-Webb, M., Kaeppeli, R., Navidi, M., Liyanage, C., Maddern, G. J., Barreto, S. G., Kow, L., & Padbury, R. T. (2024). Understanding the length of hospital stay after general surgery using a prospectively maintained local database. Surgery (United States), 176(3), 979-980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2024.02.007

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