Outcomes in the Management of Appendicitis and Cholecystitis in the Setting of a New Acute Care Surgery Service Model: Impact on Timing and Cost Robert F. Cubas, MD, Nephtali R. Gómez, MD, Samuel Rodriguez, MD, Morcos Wanis, MD, Arun Sivanandam, MS, Carlos A. Garberoglio, MD, FACS Journal of the American College of Surgeons Volume 215, Issue 5, Pages 715-721 (November 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.06.415 Copyright © 2012 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Timing of surgical evaluation (SE) since patient arrival to the emergency department and time to operating room (TOR) for (A) appendectomies and (B) cholecystectomies between acute care surgery (ACS) and traditional surgery (TRAD) models. Bars show mean time in hours with 95% CI. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2012 215, 715-721DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.06.415) Copyright © 2012 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Length of stay for (A) appendectomies and (B) cholecystectomies between acute care surgery (ACS) and traditional surgery (TRAD) models. Bars and error bars represent mean length of stay and 95% CI, respectively. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2012 215, 715-721DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.06.415) Copyright © 2012 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions