Utility of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program surgical risk calculator in predicting mortality in an Australian acute surgical unit.
Cameron James ParkinPeter MoritzOlivia KirklandMatthew DoaneAnthony Robert GloverPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2020)
The ACS-NSQIP calculator accurately approximated mortality in high-risk Australian patients requiring emergency surgery. This study has demonstrated that in this patient population, the calculator could reliably be applied in the multidisciplinary care of emergency surgical patients.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- patient safety
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- end stage renal disease
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- ejection fraction
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- acute coronary syndrome
- chronic kidney disease
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- liver failure
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- type diabetes
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- palliative care
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- hepatitis b virus
- cardiovascular disease
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