The level of postoperative care influences mortality prediction by the POSPOM score: A retrospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Preoperative Score to Predict Postoperative Mortality (POSPOM) assesses the patients' individual risk for postsurgical intrahospital death based on preoperative parameters. We hypothesized that mortality predicted by the POSPOM varies depending on the level of postoperative care.

Methods

All patients age over 18 years undergoing inpatient surgery or interventions involving anesthesia at a German university hospital between January 2006, and December 2017, were assessed for eligibility for this retrospective study. Endpoint was death in hospital following surgery. Adaptation of the POSPOM to the German coding system was performed as previously described. The whole cohort was divided according to the level of postoperative care (normal ward vs. intensive care un

SUBMITTER: Menzenbach J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8480745 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature