POSSUM: a scoring system for surgical audit.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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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 less than 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.
Medical subject headings
- Hospitals
- Medical Audit
- Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
- Severity of Illness Index
- Surgical Procedures, Operative