Why the study?
Does preoperative physiology using P-POSSUM methodology predict death and major morbidity in patients undergoing arterial surgery?
Population
1,480 patients undergoing arterial surgery under the care of 121 surgeons in Great Britain and Ireland in…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
within hospital admission
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Supports physiology-only P-POSSUM for vascular audit risk prediction; leaves open whether added items improve performance in prospective cohorts.
Does preoperative physiology using P-POSSUM methodology predict death and major morbidity in patients undergoing arterial surgery?
Preoperative physiology scores alone using the P-POSSUM methodology can accurately predict death and major morbidity after arterial surgery, supporting its use for national outcome audits.
Prytherch et al. (2000) studied this question.
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