The POSSUM system of surgical audit

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-19

  Copeland, G P ^a  

^a WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036137518     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.1.15     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. POSSUM: A scoring system for surgical audit
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4. Comparison of individual surgeon's performance
5. Risk adjusted analysis of surgeon performance
6. Assessing the surgeon: 10 Years experience with the POSSUM system
7. POSSUM and Portsmouth POSSUM for predicting mortality
8. Comparison of POSSUM and the Portsmouth predictor equation for predicting death following vascular surgery
9. Audit of emergency preoperative resuscitation
10. Predicting length of stay in general surgery
11. Operative mortality rates among surgeons: Comparison of POSSUM and p-POSSUM scoring systems in gastrointestinal surgery
12. Colorectal perforation with barium enema in the elderly: Case analysis with the POSSUM scoring system
13. Application of the POSSUM system in bariatric surgery
14. Evaluation of the POSSUM scoring system in lung surgery
15. Can POSSUM, a scoring system for perioperative surgical risk, predict postoperative clinical course?
16. Prospective trial of supranormal values of survivors as therapeutic goals in high-risk surgical patients
17. A randomized clinical trial of the effect of deliberate perioperative increase in oxygen delivery on mortality in high-risk surgical patients
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19. Surgical scoring, risk assessment and the surgeon
20. Comparative audit: Fact versus fantasy