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  • Surgical Critical Care
  • Patient Outcomes

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  • Surgical emergencies necessitate rapid decision-making.
  • Aligning operative interventions with patient values requires understanding goals of care.
  • Code status change (CSC) can indicate a shift in patient goals post-surgery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify patient factors associated with acute changes in goals of care.
  • To use postoperative code status change (CSC) as a proxy for shifts in patient goals.
  • To inform preoperative discussions for patients undergoing urgent surgery.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of single-institution data.
  • Patients undergoing urgent laparotomy were analyzed.
  • Stratification based on postoperative CSC and statistical analyses were performed.

Main Results:

  • 13.8% of 484 patients experienced a postoperative CSC.
  • Older age, interfacility transfer, higher comorbidity index, and elevated quick SOFA scores were associated with CSC.
  • Anemia and active cancer also increased the odds of CSC.

Conclusions:

  • A subset of emergency surgery patients experience postoperative CSC, transitioning to comfort care.
  • Identifying patients at higher risk for CSC is vital.
  • Pausing clinical momentum may ensure goal-concordant care in these high-risk patients.