Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, Broadgreen Hospital, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3LB, UK
Abstract
Abstract
POSSUM, a Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity, is described. This system has been devised from both a retrospective and prospective analysis and the present paper attempts to validate it prospectively. Logistic regression analysis yielded statistically significant equations for both mortality and morbidity (P < 0·001). When displayed graphically zones of increasing morbidity and mortality rates could be defined which could be of value in surgical audit. The scoring system produced assessments for morbidity and mortality rates which did not significantly differ from observed rates.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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