Introduction Hospital-acquired thrombosis accounts for a large proportion of all venous
thromboembolism (VTE), with significant morbidity and mortality. This subset of VTE can be …

Objective: To evaluate the perioperative morbidity and mortality of patients with COVID-19
who undergo urgent and emergent surgery. Summary Background Data: Although COVID …

Preoperative risk evaluation scores are used prior to surgery to predict perioperative risks.
They are also a useful tool to help clinicians communicate the risk–benefit balance of the …

The Clinical Practice Guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and
management for non-cardiac surgery were initially developed by the Japanese Circulation …

OBJECTIVE Nonroutine discharge after elective spine surgery increases healthcare costs,
negatively impacts patient satisfaction, and exposes patients to additional hospital-acquired …

Background The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program (ACS NSQIP) universal surgical risk calculator is an online tool intended to improve …

Background Postoperative pneumonia is the third most common complication in surgical
patients. However, little is known regarding pneumonia after craniotomy, which is the most …

Abstract Background The ACS‐NSQIP surgical risk calculator (SRC) is an open‐access
online tool that estimates the chance for adverse postoperative outcomes. The risk is …

The patients presenting for surgery today often belong to the extremes of age, have multiple
co-morbidities, and undergo complex surgeries. This makes them more prone to morbidity …

Background Patient demand and increasing cost awareness have led to the creation of
surgical risk calculators that attempt to predict the likelihood of adverse events and to …