{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,12]],"date-time":"2025-11-12T21:52:04Z","timestamp":1762984324476,"version":"3.45.0"},"reference-count":17,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]],"date-time":"2023-09-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1693526400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]],"date-time":"2023-09-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1693526400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,15]],"date-time":"2023-07-15T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1689379200000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Surgery in Practice and Science"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,9]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,17]],"date-time":"2023-07-17T05:32:00Z","timestamp":1689571920000},"page":"100202","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Preoperative waiting time and outcomes of non-traumatic emergency abdominal surgeries: Insights from a zonal referral hospital in northern Tanzania, a reference for health centers with similar capacities"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Godfrey M.","family":"Mchele","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ally H.","family":"Mwanga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6769-894X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel W.","family":"Kitua","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samwel","family":"Chugulu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0001","first-page":"47","article-title":"Pattern of acute abdomen in adult patients in tikur anbessa teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia","volume":"12","author":"Kotiso","year":"2006","journal-title":"East Central Afr J Surg"},{"year":"2007","series-title":"Acute abdomen textbook of surgery","author":"Sabiston","key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0002"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"120","DOI":"10.29309\/TPMJ\/2008.15.01.2708","article-title":"Acute abdomen causes","volume":"15","author":"Asif","year":"2008","journal-title":"Professional Med J"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0004","first-page":"69","article-title":"Waiting time among acute abdominal emergencies in a Nigerian teaching hospital: causes of delay and consequences","volume":"8","author":"Mbah","year":"2006","journal-title":"Nigerian J Surg Res"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0005","first-page":"46","article-title":"Waiting time for emergency abdominal surgery in Zaria, Nigeria","volume":"10","author":"Adamu","year":"2010","journal-title":"Afr Health Sci"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0006","first-page":"103","article-title":"The pattern of intestinal obstruction at Kibogola hospital, a rural hospital in Rwanda","volume":"14","author":"Ntakiyiruta","year":"2009","journal-title":"East Central Afr J Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0007","first-page":"236","article-title":"Theatre delay for emergency general surgical patients: a cause for concern?","volume":"72","author":"Wyatt","year":"1990","journal-title":"Ann R Coll Surgeons Engl"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0008","first-page":"121","article-title":"Theatre delay for general surgical emergencies: a prospective audit","volume":"77","author":"Magee","year":"1995","journal-title":"Ann R Coll Surg Engl"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0009","first-page":"133","article-title":"Waiting time for emergency surgeries in a tertiary care public hospital \u2013 a performance audit","volume":"21","author":"Jawaid","year":"2005","journal-title":"Pak J Med Sci"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"122","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.2008.540","article-title":"Quantifying surgical capacity in sierra leon a guide for improving surgical care","volume":"144","author":"Kingham","year":"2009","journal-title":"Arch Surg"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0011","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"443","DOI":"10.4103\/0300-1652.144692","article-title":"The surgical waiting time initiative: a review of the Nigerian situation","volume":"55","author":"Abdulkareem","year":"2014","journal-title":"Niger Medic J"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0012","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"171","DOI":"10.2147\/LRA.S240564","article-title":"Burnout in healthcare workers: prevalence, impact and preventative strategies","volume":"13","author":"De Hert","year":"2020","journal-title":"Local Reg Anesth"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0013","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"247","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6963-8-247","article-title":"Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review","volume":"8","author":"Willis-Shattuck","year":"2008","journal-title":"BMC Health Serv Res"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0014","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"208","DOI":"10.4240\/wjgs.v7.i9.208","article-title":"Impact of surgical delay on outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergency surgery: a single center experience","volume":"7","author":"Ong","year":"2015","journal-title":"World J Gastrointest Surg"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0015","article-title":"Development of the PIP score: a metric for predicting intensive care unit admission among patients undergoing emergency laparotomy","volume":"11","author":"Kitua","year":"2022","journal-title":"Surg Pract Sci"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0016","article-title":"Contributing factors to operating room delays identified from an electronic health record: a retrospective study","volume":"2022","author":"Pappada","year":"2022","journal-title":"Anesthesiol Res Pract"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202_bib0017","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"280","DOI":"10.1097\/ALN.0000000000001193","article-title":"Preoperative evaluation clinic visit is associated with decreased risk of in-hospital postoperative mortality","volume":"125","author":"Blitz","year":"2016","journal-title":"Anesthesiology"}],"container-title":["Surgery in Practice and Science"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2666262023000487?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2666262023000487?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,12]],"date-time":"2025-11-12T20:45:14Z","timestamp":1762980314000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2666262023000487"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,9]]},"references-count":17,"alternative-id":["S2666262023000487"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202","relation":{},"ISSN":["2666-2620"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"2666-2620"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,9]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Preoperative waiting time and outcomes of non-traumatic emergency abdominal surgeries: Insights from a zonal referral hospital in northern Tanzania, a reference for health centers with similar capacities","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Surgery in Practice and Science","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.sipas.2023.100202","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"100202"}}