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May 1, 2013World Journal of Emergency SurgeryOpen Access

World society of emergency surgery study group initiative on Timing of Acute Care Surgery classification (TACS)

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Population

Patients diagnosed with surgical emergencies

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Authors

YKYoram KlugerOBOffir Ben‐IshayMSMassimo Sartelli

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Overview

Does not yet justify TACS adoption in practice; leaves open need for prospective validation of triage benefits.

Structured PICO

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Population
Patients diagnosed with surgical emergencies
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Intervention
Triage and scheduling of emergency operations based on an agreed time frame (Timing of Acute Care Surgery classification)

Standardizing the timing of interventions in surgical emergencies through a classification system like TACS may improve triage, resource allocation, and clinical investigation.

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Kluger et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7020235671bbf00bc2a67bhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-8-17
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