Prognostic Value of P-POSSUM and Osteopenia for Predicting Mortality After Emergency Laparotomy in Geriatric Patients

Rebecka Ah; MB BChir; Yang Cao; Hakan Geijer; Kardo Taha; Sahar Pourhossein-Sarmeh; Peep Talving; Olle Ljungqvist; Shahin Mohseni

Volume 7, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 223-231

Abstract
  Objective: To evaluate the Portsmouth-Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (P-POSSUM) in comparison with other risk factors for mortality including osteopenia as an indicator for frailty in geriatric patients subjected to emergency laparotomy. Methods: ...  Read More