Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41502818›Full record

ArticleSurgery open science2026

Association of psychiatric illness with acute outcomes following emergency general surgery.

Giselle Porter, Sara Sakowitz, Syed Shaheer Ali, Troy Coaston, Konmal Ali, Amulya Vadlakonda, Zihan Gao, Peyman Benharash

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Surgery open science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Giselle PorterCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sara SakowitzCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Syed Shaheer AliCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Troy CoastonCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Konmal AliCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Amulya VadlakondaCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Zihan GaoCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Peyman BenharashCenter for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Prior work has linked severe psychiatric illness (SPI) with greater postoperative mortality and complications following several elective operations. However, this relationship has not been defined in the setting of emergency general surgery (EGS). Methods: The 2016-2021 United States Nationwide Readmissions Database was used to identify all non-elective adult EGS hospitalizations performed within 48 h of admission. SPI was defined using ICD-10 codes for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Patients with severe psychiatric illness comprised the SPI cohort (others: Non-SPI). Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were developed to evaluate the independent association of severe psychiatric illness with in-hospital mortality, perioperative complications, and costs. Results: Of 2,124,284 EGS patients, 52,130 (2.5 %) were categorized as SPI. On adjusted analysis, SPI was associated with greater odds of in-hospital mortality (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] 1.21; 95 % Confidence Interval [CI]:1.11-1.31), hospitalization costs (+$2304; 95 %CI: +1950, +2658), as well as a 3-fold increase in relative risk of non-home discharge (AOR 3.18, 95 % CI: 3.05-3.31). Conclusions: Among EGS patients, severe psychiatric illness was linked with inferior clinical and financial outcomes. Improved psychiatric screening and care may allow for early intervention and targeted postoperative care, potentially mitigating complications and costs for these vulnerable patients.

Indexed as

Acute care surgeryEmergency general surgeryNationwide readmissions databasePsychiatric illnessReadmissions

Identifiers

PMID41502818
PMCPMC12768944

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.