Why the study?
Morbidity comparisons after emergency laparotomy may be misleading without accounting for physiological variables, prompting the evaluation of POSSUM and P-POSSUM scores for predicting postoperative morbidity and mortality.
Do POSSUM and P-POSSUM scores accurately predict postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy?
Population
100 adult patients undergoing emergency laparotomy
Comparison
POSSUM and P-POSSUM predicted outcomes vs observed outcomes
Design
Prospective hospital-based cross-sectional study
Authors
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P-POSSUM may aid risk adjustment after emergency laparotomy; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Do POSSUM and P-POSSUM scores accurately predict postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy?
POSSUM and P-POSSUM scores overestimate both mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy in this Indian cohort.
Singh et al. (2019) studied this question.
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