Identification and characterisation of the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom. Pearse, R., M., Harrison, D., a., James, P., Watson, D., Hinds, C., Rhodes, A., Grounds, R., M., & Bennett, E., D. Critical care (London, England), 10(3):R81, 1, 2006.
Identification and characterisation of the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom. [pdf]Paper  Identification and characterisation of the high-risk surgical population in the United Kingdom. [link]Website  abstract   bibtex   
Little is known about mortality rates following general surgical procedures in the United Kingdom. Deaths are most common in the 'high-risk' surgical population consisting mainly of older patients, with coexisting medical disease, who undergo major surgery. Only limited data are presently available to describe this population. The aim of the present study was to estimate the size of the high-risk general surgical population and to describe the outcome and intensive care unit (ICU) resource use.

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