Prospective comparison of POSSUM and P-POSSUM with clinical assessment of mortality following emergency surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-100

  Hobson, S A ^a   Sutton, C D ^a   Garcea, G ^a   Thomas, W M ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery; Mortality; Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM); Portsmouth POSSUM (P POSSUM)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANESTHESIST; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON;

EMERGENCIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33845697131     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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