Is case triaging a useful tool for emergency surgeries? A review of 106 trauma surgery cases at a level 1 trauma center in South Africa

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2018

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35032
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Chowdhury, Sharfuddin
Nicol, Andrew John
Moydien, Mahammed Riyaad
Navsaria, Pradeep Harkison
Montoya-Pelaez, Luis Felipe
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-018-0166-5
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Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
The optimal timing for emergency surgical interventions and implementation of protocols for trauma surgery is insufficient in the literature. The Groote Schuur emergency surgery triage (GSEST) system, based on Cape Triaging Score (CTS), is followed at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) for triaging emergency surgical cases including trauma cases. The study aimed to look at the effect of delay in surgery after scheduling based on the GSEST system has an impact on outcome in terms of postoperative complications and death.
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Emergency surgery case triage
Trauma surgery
Postoperative complication
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Chowdhury, S., Nicol, A.J., Moydien, M.R., Navsaria, P.H. & Montoya-Pelaez, L.F. 2018. Is case triaging a useful tool for emergency surgeries? A review of 106 trauma surgery cases at a level 1 trauma center in South Africa. World Journal of Emergency Surgery. 13(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35032

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