TY - JOUR AU - Ojakäär, Artur AU - Purdy, Martin AU - Kechagias, Aristotelis AU - Järvelin, Ulla AU - Palomäki, Ari PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/29 TI - Immediate effects of urgent reorganisation of emergency department-based treatment pathway in nonperforated appendicitis: a retrospective study JO - BMC Emergency Medicine SP - 45 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Acute appendicitis is a global disease and a very common indication for emergency surgery worldwide. The need for hospital resources is therefore constantly high. The administration in Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Southern Finland, called for an urgent reorganisation due to shortage of hospital beds at the department of general surgery. Postoperative treatment pathway of patients with nonperforated acute appendicitis was ordered to take place in the Emergency Department (ED). The aim of this study was to assess, whether this reorganisation was feasible and safe, i.e. did it affect the length of in-hospital stay (LOS) and the 30-day complication rate. SN - 1471-227X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00339-6 DO - 10.1186/s12873-020-00339-6 ID - Ojakäär2020 ER -