Table 1

Guidelines for surgical procedures (excluding obstetrics) to be performed at night as per revised NCEPOD classification

Immediate

Vascular

Ruptured AAA

Trauma

Major trauma to thorax/abdomen with haemodynamic compromise

Urology

Suspected testicular torsion

Urgent

Abdomen

Perforated viscus

Penetrating abdominal injures

Peritonitis

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage with haemodynamic compromise

Intestinal obstruction with possible bowel infarction

Strangulated hernia

Acute appendicitis (especially in children and elderly)

Vascular

Critical limb ischaemia

Orthopaedics

Fracture with major neurovascular deficit

Compartment syndrome

Compound fracture

Faiz et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2007 2:29   doi:10.1186/1749-7922-2-29