@article{30a829fdd6ae4f9fb318080a0a196515,
title = "Surgical delay is a critical determinant of survival in perforated peptic ulcer",
abstract = "Morbidity and mortality following perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) remain substantial. Surgical delay is a well established negative prognostic factor, but evidence derives from studies with a high risk of bias. The aim of the present nationwide cohort study was to evaluate the adjusted effect of hourly surgical delay on survival after PPU.",
keywords = "Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cohort Studies, Denmark, Duodenal Ulcer, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Peptic Ulcer Perforation, Risk Factors, Stomach Ulcer, Time-to-Treatment, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult",
author = "Daniel Buck and M Vester-Andersen and M{\o}ller, {M H} and {Danish Clinical Register of Emergency Surgery}",
note = "{\textcopyright} 2013 British Journal of Surgery Society Ltd. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.",
year = "2013",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1002/bjs.9175",
language = "English",
volume = "100",
pages = "1045--9",
journal = "The British journal of surgery",
issn = "0007-1323",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "8",
}