ArticleActa anaesthesiologica Scandinavica2026
The Dissemination of Standardised Care Protocol Guidelines for High-Risk Emergency Abdominal Surgery Patients in Denmark.
Article in Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPatients undergoing high-risk emergency abdominal surgery have a high risk of postoperative complications and mortality. International studies suggest that standardised care protocol guidelines may improve outcomes, yet little is known about the dissemination of such guidelines in Denmark.
methodsWe conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey among Danish public hospitals treating high-risk emergency abdominal surgical patients. Anaesthesiologists and surgeons responsible for emergency abdominal surgery were invited to report on the presence of joint care protocols, including core components, audit practices and barriers to implementation.
resultsA total of 35 out of 41 eligible departments (85%) responded, representing 20 out of 23 hospitals. Almost all participating hospitals (95%) reported having a joint guideline for high-risk emergency abdominal surgery. The most included components were antibiotics within 3 h (90%), CT scan within 2 h (90%) and intended surgery within 6 h. Only 47% of hospitals showed agreement between surgeons and anaesthesiologists on six or more core components. Audits were conducted in 90% of hospitals, with variations between departments in audit methods and focus. The most frequently reported barriers were limited resources in specialised units, surgical capacity and time constraints.
conclusionThis survey showed that nearly all Danish hospitals treating high-risk emergency abdominal surgical patients reported having a joint guideline endorsed by both the surgical and anaesthesiology departments. Time-critical components aiming at early diagnosis and treatment were the most frequently included core components in the guideline. EDITORIAL COMMENT: This survey-based report describes how many Danish hospitals have a local guiding document for perioperative anaesthesia and surgical care for cases of high-risk emergency abdominal surgery. The most common components of these across hospitals are described.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.