Certified acute care surgery programs improve outcomes in patients undergoing emergency surgery: A nationwide analysis

·         National estimates for EGS procedures were abstracted from the National Inpatient Sample database.

·         Patients undergoing emergent procedures (appendectomy, cholecystectomy, hernia repair, as well as small and large bowel resections) were included.

·         TCs were identified based on American College of Surgeons’ verification.

·         ACS-TC programs were recorded from the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

·         Outcome measures were hospital length of stay, complications, and mortality.

·         Regression analysis was performed after adjusting for age, sex, race, Charlson comorbidity index, and type of procedure.

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