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Assessment of the Surgical Apgar Score in a Swedish setting.

H H Ohlsson and O O Winsö

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 55(5):524-9 (2011) PMID 21418156

Predicting major post-operative complications is an important task for which simple and reliable methods are lacking. A simple scoring system based on intraoperative heart rate, blood pressure and blood loss was recently developed to fill this gap. This system, the Surgical Apgar Score, shows promising results both in terms of validity and in terms of usefulness. The goal of this study was to study both these components in a Scandinavian setting.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02424.x
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