title: Prioritising emergency laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia. brian.spain@nt.gov.au.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spain
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*