Association between postoperative complications and hospital length of stay: a large-scale observational study of 4,495,582 patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) registry

Abstract Background Precise estimates of risk-adjusted increases in postoperative length of stay (LOS) associated with postoperative complications across a range of complications and operations are not available in the existing literature. Methods Associations between preoperative characteristics, p...

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Published in:	Patient Safety in Surgery
Main Authors:	Garrett L. Healy, Christina M. Stuart, Adam R. Dyas, Michael R. Bronsert, Robert A. Meguid, Tochi Anioke, Ahmad M. Hider, Richard D. Schulick, William G. Henderson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-10-01
Subjects:	Postoperative length of stay LOS Postoperative complications Risk-adjusted ACS-NSQIP
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-024-00409-9