title: Reply to: "Correspondence to: Predictors of in-hospital mortality amongst octogenarians undergoing emergency general surgery: A retrospective cohort study".
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Rd, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Rd, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Rd, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Rd, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, UK. Electronic address: shirley.chan@medway.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male
keywords: Emergency; General surgery; Mortality; Octogenarian