Mortality rate prediction by Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity (POSSUM), Portsmouth POSSUM and Colorectal POSSUM and the development of new scoring systems in Chinese colorectal cancer patients
โ Scribed by Lihuan Ren; Amit Mani Upadhyay; Liang Wang; Lei Li; Jingqiao Lu; Wei Fu
- Book ID
- 116216339
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 253 KB
- Volume
- 198
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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## Abstract ## Background Several scores have been developed to evaluate surgical unit mortality and morbidity. The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) and derivatives use preoperative and intraoperative factors, whereas the Surgical R