Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: observations from the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) years 1–4
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Clinical Lead for the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA)
1 Saunders DI, Murray D, Pichel AC, Varley S, Peden CJ, on behalf of the members of the UK Emergency Laparotomy Network. Variations in mortality after emergency laparotomy: the first report of the UK Emergency Laparotomy Network. Br J Anaesth 2012; 109: 368–75 2 Surgical risk for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaa075