Morbimortality assessment in abdominal surgery: are we predicting or overreacting?

Sebastian ValenzuelaLaura NiñoDanny Conde Felipe Giron Lina M Rodríguez David Venegas Carlos Eduardo Rey-Chaves Ricardo Nassar Marco VanegasDaniel Jiménez

Published in: BMC surgery (2022)

The POSSUM score is likely to overestimate the risk of morbidity and mortality in patients with high/moderate risk, while the P-POSSUM score seems to be a more accurate predictor of mortality risk. Further studies are needed to confirm our results.

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