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The concept that elective ICU admission after major surgery reduces mortality has been recently challenged in large cohort studies.
Discusses whether elective ICU admission after major surgery is beneficial, noting that recent large cohort studies challenge this concept.
Elective ICU admissions represent an important part of all ICU admissions worldwide (1,2). Considering the significant mortality and morbidity associated with major surgery and its complications, it is conceivable that admission to an environment with intensive monitoring and with a staff capable of immediate recognition and treatment of abnormalities could reduce mortality (1). This concept, albeit based on a solid rationale, has been recently challenged in large cohort studies (3).
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Fernando G. Zampieri (2018) conducted an editorial in Major surgery. Elective ICU admission was evaluated on Mortality. The concept that elective ICU admission after major surgery reduces mortality has been recently challenged in large cohort studies.
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