Analysis of Modified Early Warning System scores and intraoperative factors on the incidence of sepsis and septic shock after elective major surgery

Organisation and planning of anaesthesia for emergency surgery

Patients presenting for emergency surgery represent a category at high risk of complications, with substantial morbidity and mortality, whose management may be extremely challenging. In this first of two articles we consider the identification and evaluation of high risk emergency patients, the provision of critical care support, the management of sepsis, common postoperative complications and in-theatre death.