Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgery
Becher RD, Peitzman AB, Sperry JL, Gallaher JR, Neff LP, Sun Y, Miller PR, Chang MC. Damage control operations in non-trauma patients: defining criteria for the staged rapid source control laparotomy in emergency general surgery. World Journal Of Emergency Surgery 2016, 11: 10. PMID: 26913055, PMCID: PMC4765073, DOI: 10.1186/s13017-016-0067-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere sepsis/septic shockSepsis/septic shockEGS patientsLethal triadEmergent laparotomyControl laparotomySeptic shockEmergency general surgery patientsPhysiologic parametersEmergency general surgeryGeneral surgery patientsPre-existing comorbiditiesNon-trauma patientsSimilar survival advantageMultivariable regression analysisDamage control operationLogistic regression modelsMultiple comorbiditiesPostoperative complicationsAcute indicationsPerioperative variablesSurgery patientsTrauma patientsOperative managementElevated lactate