Publications by authors named "Miriam Kahn"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on surgical outcomes in Cape Town, investigating factors linked to major adverse events after emergency exploratory laparotomies.
- It analyzed data from 450 operations, finding a major adverse event rate of 15.7%, with key risk factors including patient age, anesthesia score, bowel resection, preoperative CT scans, and nontherapeutic surgeries.
- The findings highlight that evaluating outcomes of high-risk surgeries can help assess and improve the quality of surgical care in collaboration with multiple hospitals.
