What question did this study set out to answer?

To identify and characterize the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom and determine their associated mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates.

June 2, 2006Critical CareOpen Access

Identification and characterisation of the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom

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High-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom

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RPRupert M. PearseUniversity College Dublin DHDavid A HarrisonGeneral Cardiology PJPhilip JamesFafo Foundation

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Suggests under-triage of high-risk surgical patients to ICU; leaves open whether optimized admission criteria improve survival.

Key Points

To identify and characterize the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom and determine their associated mortality and intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates.
Evaluated national surgical data to quantify the proportion of procedures designated as high risk.
Tracked postoperative mortality rates and subsequent intensive care unit admission rates across the surgical cohort in the United Kingdom.
High-risk surgical procedures account for 12.5% of total surgical volume but contribute to more than 80% of all surgical deaths.
Fewer than 15% of high-risk surgical cases are admitted to the intensive care unit following surgery despite high mortality rates.

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Population

High-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom

High-risk surgical patients suffer disproportionate mortality but are under-admitted to the ICU.

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Pearse et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69decbea488ed2d92be93f04 https://doi.org/10.1186/cc4928

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Identification and characterisation of the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom

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