The use of risk stratification tools (RST) aids in clinical triage, decision making and quality
assessment in a wide variety of medical fields. Although emergency general surgery (EGS) …

BACKGROUND We evaluated the role of the Charlson age-comorbidity index (CACI), a
weighted comorbidity index that reflects cumulative increased likelihood of 1-year mortality …

Background There are many reports from different parts of the world addressing different
aspects of surgical mortality. There are few reports from our country, however, and most of …

Abstract Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index (a-CCI) score has been used to weight
comorbid conditions in predicting adverse outcomes. A retrospective cohort study on adult …

Background Perioperative mortality rate is the basic indicator of anesthesia and surgery
safety in a country of health policy. However, documentation is poor in low and middle …

Introduction The textbook outcome (TO) is a multidimensional measure to assess the quality
of healthcare practice. This is reflected as the “ideal” surgical result, attending to a series of …

Background: A need exists for adapting existing perioperative risk stratification methods
such as the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) for application with hospital administrative …

Introduction: Malawi is one of the world's poorest countries with very limited healthcare
spending and a lack of post-graduate training for healthcare workers, including in critical …

Introducción El textbook outcome (TO), o resultado de libro, es una medida
multidimensional para evaluar la calidad de la práctica asistencial. Ésta viene reflejada …

Objectives To determine the baseline accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive
value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of routinely collected co-morbidity data in …