The statistical importance of P-POSSUM scores for predicting mortality after emergency laparotomy in geriatric patients.
Dhanisha Jayesh TrivediGary A BassRebecka AhlArvid PourlotfiHåkan GeijerScott MontgomeryShahin MohseniPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2020)
P-POSSUM is important for predicting 90-day mortality after emergency laparotomy in geriatric patients. The logistic regression model and random forest model may have an accuracy of > 0.8 and an AUC around 0.9 for predicting 90-day mortality. Further validation of the variables' importance and the models' robustness is needed by use of larger dataset.