A prospective study of evaluation of operative duration as a predictor of mortality in pediatric emergency surgery: Concept of 100 minutes laparotomy in resource-limited setting

Introduction: Operative duration is an important but under-studied predictor of mortality in emergency laparotomies. Aims and Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to quantify the effect of duration of emergency laparotomy in children on mortality; and to identify a rough cut-off durat...

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Main Authors: S M Kaushal-Deep, R Ahmad, M Lodhi, R S Chana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2019;volume=65;issue=1;spage=24;epage=32;aulast=Kaushal-Deep