Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery?
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Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery?
There are a vast number of operations carried out every year, with a small proportion of patients being at highest risk of mortality and morbidity. There has been considerable work to try and identify these high-risk patients. In this paper, we look in detail at the commonly used perioperative risk prediction models. Finally, we will be looking at the evolution and evidence for functional asses...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc11904