Predicting mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after open vascular surgery.

Pedro José Vinhais Domingues Videira ReisAna Isabel LopesDiana LeiteJoão MoreiraLeonor MendesSofia FerrazTânia AmaralFernando Abelha

Published in: Surgery today (2019)

The observed mortality was within the predicted range (1-5% after intermediate-risk and > 5% after high-risk surgery). POSSUM and POSPOM had slightly better predictive capacity than SAPS or APACHE.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
cardiovascular events
surgical site infection
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
acute coronary syndrome
atrial fibrillation