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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2024

Monitoring emergency and urgent surgery: an improvement in a Healthcare Management Unit at a third-level hospital in Italy.

Lucia Inglese, Ilaria Barberis, Mariia Korshunova, Rosa Amato, Francesca Zangrillo, Lucia Arata, Valentino Tisa, Riccardo Papalia, Maurizio Santo, Gabriella Tiberio and 2 more

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  1. Time-sensitive surgery: the devil's in the details.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025
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12 authors.

Lucia IngleseDepartment of Health Sciences (Dissal), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Ilaria BarberisU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Mariia KorshunovaUniversity of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Rosa AmatoDepartment of Health Sciences (Dissal), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Francesca ZangrilloU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Lucia ArataU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Valentino TisaDipartimento di Prevenzione S.C. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica ASL2 savonese, Italy.
Riccardo PapaliaU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Maurizio SantoU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Gabriella TiberioU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Alessandra MorandoU.O. Governo Clinico e Organizzazione Ospedaliera, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
Giovanni OrengoDirezione Sanitaria, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: At San Martino IRCCS Hospital in Genoa, Italy, emergency and urgent surgery is classified according to the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) classification, whereby cases are divided into two categories and colour-coded accordingly: - EMERGENCY - (Colour-code: RED) "Surgery to be performed within minutes"; - URGENCY - (colour-code: YELLOW) "Surgery to be performed within hours". In this context, it is essential that the emergency surgical team gets clear and complete information from the proposing surgeon, in order to complete the surgical list. Methods: Between 14 Results: A total of 406 online requests were made, resulting in 367 E/U surgeries. The greatest number of emergency operations concerned thoracic-abdominal surgery (45%), followed by urology (19%). The requests analysed classified 18% of cases as red and 71% as yellow. The remaining 11% contained compilation errors. Moreover, 11% of the interventions were not performed within the time limits defined according to the severity code. Conclusions: By means of this new tool, San Martino IRCCS Hospital's Healthcare Management Unit can monitor requests for surgery in real time, thereby achieving greater efficiency and implementing corrective measures in the use of Operating Room resources.

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Emergency Service, HospitalEmergenciesHumansItalySurgical Procedures, OperativeEmergencyMonitoringSurgeon listUrgent surgery

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PMID39430993
PMCPMC11487739

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