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The establishment of an Acute Surgical Unit at Auckland City Hospital has shown benefits for acute patients, the hospital, and surgical training.
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The establishment of an Acute Surgical Unit at a large tertiary hospital in New Zealand has shown benefits for patient care, hospital efficiency, and surgical training.
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Supports acute surgical unit evaluation in tertiary hospitals; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective trials.
Lack of timely assessment and access to acute operating rooms is a worldwide problem and also exists in New Zealand hospitals. To address these issues, an Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) was set up at Auckland City Hospital (ACH) in January 2009. This service has evolved and been modified to address the specific needs of acute surgical patients of ACH. Despite initial challenges inherent to setting up a new service, the Unit has been in steady operation and enhanced its performance over time. This paper is a descriptive analysis of the design of the ACH ASU and discusses some of the indications for streamlining acute surgical services at a large tertiary metropolitan hospital in New Zealand. Performance of the ASU has shown benefits for acute patients and the Hospital. The acute surgical rotation has also been beneficial for surgical training.
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Hsee et al. (2012) conducted an observational in Acute surgical patients. Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) was evaluated. The establishment of an Acute Surgical Unit at Auckland City Hospital has shown benefits for acute patients, the hospital, and surgical training.
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