Table 6 Situations/diagnoses suitable for SDM
Situations | |
Any if the patient or substitute is available | 84 |
Some trauma situations [in general terms] | 82 |
No reply provided | 20 |
Elderly patients with multiple comorbidities | 13 |
No situations are suitable for SDM | 11 |
All situations in their diagnostic/exploration phase | 7 |
Diagnoses | |
Appendicitis/diverticular disease | 116 |
Acute abdomen | 54 |
Oncology in general [no colon] | 37 |
Acute cholecystitis | 36 |
Bowel obstruction | 31 |
Colon cancer | 30 |
Fracture | 22 |
Splenectomy | 19 |
Amputation | 10 |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | 10 |
Perforation [various organs] | 10 |
Blunt thoracic aortic injury | 10 |
Acute biliary pancreatitis | 8 |
Neurosurgical conditions | 8 |
Palliative care | 7 |
Stab wound | 4 |
Strangulated hernia | 4 |
Other examples [less than two mentions] | 17 |
Total | 650 |