title: [Mortality among patients of general surgical profile].
abstract: 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%).
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Pyshkin
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Varvashenia
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Zhuk
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kholodov
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Letal'nost' u bol'nykh obshchekhirurgicheskogo profilia.