[Mortality among patients of general surgical profile].
The lethality for 2 years in two general surgical departments is analysed. In total, 7417 patients underwent 4254 operations, including 1181 (27.7%)--elective, 3073 (72.2%)--emergency ones. After elective operations, 12 (1%) patients died, after the emergency operation--189 (6.1%). There were the following causes of lethality after elective operations: different concomitant diseases present before the operation, or developed after it (0.68% of cases); diagnostic, tactical and technical errors (0.32%). Causes of lethality after emergency operations: related to age and irreversible changes in the organism (2.6% of cases); different concomitant diseases (0.8%); late referral to a physician (1.49%); diagnostic, tactical and technical errors (1.3%).
Pyshkin
S A
SA
Varvashenia
V P
VP
Zhuk
B M
BM
Kholodov
E G
EG
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*
Letal'nost' u bol'nykh obshchekhirurgicheskogo profilia.