Acute High-risk Abdominal Surgery Study - an Optimized Perioperative Course

Acute High-risk Abdominal Surgery Study - an Optimized Perioperative Course

The objective of this study is to implement an optimized perioperative course for patients undergoing acute high-risk abdominal surgery in order to improve the outcome.

The optimized perioperative course consists of a number of interventions carried out before, during and after surgery.

Emergency surgery is associated with high mortality rates, post-operative complications and prolonged duration of hospital admission. The investigators will implement a multidisciplinary optimized perioperative course consisting of a number of interventions carried out before, during and after surgery.

Hypothesis: An optimized perioperative course will reduce the 30-day mortality in emergency abdominal surgery patients.

The investigators will do a post-hoc analysis of the data registered.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients undergoing primary emergency laparotomy or laparoscopy
• patients undergoing reoperation after abdominal surgery.
• Age > 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Appendectomy
• Emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• Emergency diagnostic laparoscopy without intervention