Key result
Emergency laparotomy had an 8.1% mortality rate, with age ≥65 (AOR 9.6), ASA ≥III (AOR 7.4), preoperative sepsis (AOR 6.7), and intraoperative vasopressors (AOR 10.5) significantly increasing risk.
Why the study?
Emergency laparotomy carries high mortality and major complication rates, but limited data were available regarding outcomes in the authors' country.
Population
518 patients undergoing emergency laparotomy
Design
Institutional-based retrospective observational study
Authors
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Identifies mortality predictors in emergency laparotomy; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before changing practice.
Observational (n=518)
Oumer et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Emergency laparotomy (n=518). Emergency laparotomy was evaluated on Mortality. Emergency laparotomy had an 8.1% mortality rate, with age ≥65 (AOR 9.6), ASA ≥III (AOR 7.4), preoperative sepsis (AOR 6.7), and intraoperative vasopressors (AOR 10.5) significantly increasing risk.
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