Surgical Patients Admitted to Intensive Care: Do Elective and Urgent Surgical Patients Have Similar Outcomes?
Elective and urgent surgical patients admitted to the ICU demonstrate distinct clinical trajectories and require tailored follow-up strategies. Urgent surgery patients have higher short-term mortality, while elective surgical patients showed higher long-term mortality risk, particularly noticeable in younger cohorts. All surgical patients admitted to the ICU had a very high first-year risk of mortality.
Authors
- Ana Paula Martinho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8795-3845)
- João Gonçalves-Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7538-3777)
- I. Simões (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-2432)
- André C Oliveira
- Rui Morais
- Ana Francisca Moreira Aroso Pinto de Oliveira
Institutions
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (PT)
- Hospital of St. Francis Xavier (PT)
- Hospital Vila Franca de Xira (PT)
- Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.103644
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00