%0 Journal Article
%T Is sarcopenia a useful predictor of outcome in patients after emergency laparotomy? A study using the NELA database
%A Alvin Ng
%A Clare McNaught
%A John MacFie
%A John Trotter
%A Judith Johnston
%A Marcel Gatt
%J Archive of "Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England".
%D 2018
%R 10.1308/rcsann.2017.0230
%X Studies have reported on the use of frailty as a prognostic indicator in patients undergoing elective surgery. Similar data do not exist for patients undergoing emergency surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of preoperative sarcopenia measured by computed tomography (CT) on outcome following emergency laparotomy
%K Laparotomy
%K Sarcopenia
%K Emergency
%K Frail elderly
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5956589/