Background: Emergency general surgery (EGS) patients require urgent surgical evaluation
and intervention for various conditions, such as infectious or obstructive diseases of the …

Objective Emergency general surgery (EGS) patients experience superior outcomes when
cared for within an acute surgical unit (ASU) model. EGS structures in most Australian …

BACKGROUND To date, no studies have reported nationwide adoption of acute care
surgery (ACS) or identified structural and/or process variations for the care of emergency …

Background Acute care surgery (ACS) was proposed to improve emergency general surgery
(EGS) care; however, the extent of ACS model adoption in the United States is unknown. A …

Objective: This review aims to assess the impact of implementing dedicated emergency
surgical services, in particular acute care surgery, on clinical outcomes. Background: The …

Background Most studies evaluating acute care surgery (ACS) models of care for patients
with emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions have focused on patients who undergo …

Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) services are gaining popularity in Canada
as systems-based approaches to surgical emergencies. Despite the high volume, acuity and …

Importance Owing to lack of adequate emergency care infrastructure and decline in general
surgery workforce, the United States faces a crisis in access to emergency general surgery …

Methods: From August 2015 to December 2015, we surveyed all US-based adult acute care
general hospitals that have an emergency room and≥ 1 operating room and provided EGS …

Background The consolidation of acute care surgery (ACS) services at 3 of 6 hospitals in a
Canadian health region sought to alleviate a relative shortage of surgeons able to take …