Why the study?
Does an Acute Care and Emergency Surgery Service (ACCESS) reduce wait-times for inpatient colonoscopy and surgery in emergency colorectal cancer patients?
Population
149 adult patients who presented to the emergency department with a recent diagnosis of colorectal cancer…
Comparison
Acute Care and Emergency Surgery Service model… vs Pre-ACCESS model of care and treatment at an…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Supports expedited same-admission pathways in emergency colorectal cancer; leaves open whether ACCESS models improve outcomes pending prospective trials.
Does an Acute Care and Emergency Surgery Service (ACCESS) reduce wait-times for inpatient colonoscopy and surgery in emergency colorectal cancer patients?
The implementation of an acute care surgery service significantly increased the proportion of emergency colorectal cancer patients receiving inpatient colonoscopy and definitive surgery during a single hospital admission.
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