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M-POSSUM, an effective risk assessment system prior to operation

10-09-2007 · EurekAlert!

With progress in the medical sciences, operative indications are being expanded, the range of possible operations is growing and operative complications are increasing accordingly. The assessment of the functional condition of organs and systems helps in the quantifying of operative risks. Assessment methods allow us to judge the state of an illness and carry out the appropriate preventive treatment immediately, thereby decreasing operative complications and mortality. M-POSSUM is such a tool.

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