ArticleSingapore medical journal2016
Changing models of care for emergency surgical and trauma patients in Singapore.
Article in Singapore medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Ten years of acute care surgery in Singapore: evolution, outcomes and future challenges.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2026Review
- Development of an enhanced acute care surgery service in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.Injury · 2020Article
- The Successful Implementation of a Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Model in Ecuador.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Evolution of a Dedicated Emergency Surgery and Trauma (ESAT) unit over 3 years: sustained improved outcomes.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2020Article
- Initial emergency laparotomy outcomes following a transdisciplinary perioperative care pathway in Singapore.Acute medicine & surgeryArticle
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Abstract
The last 15 years have seen changing patterns of injury in emergency surgery and trauma patients. The ability to diagnose, treat and manage these patients nonoperatively has led to a decline in interest in trauma surgery as a career. In addition, healthcare systems face multiple challenges, including limited resources, an ageing population and increasing subspecialisation of medical care, while maintaining government-directed standards and managing public expectations. In the West, these challenges have led to the emergence of a new subspecialty, 'acute care surgery', with some models of care providing dedicated acute surgical units or separating acute and elective streams with the existing manpower resources. The outcomes for emergency surgery patients and efficiency gains are promising. In Singapore, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital has implemented its first dedicated acute surgical unit. This article outlines the evolution of acute care surgery and its relevance to Asia.
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