Scott Popham
A5035905806- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
Gold Coast Hospital
2019-2020
Background Preoperative risk prediction is important for guiding clinical decision-making and resource allocation. Clinicians frequently rely solely on their own judgement rather than objective measures. We aimed to compare the accuracy of freely available surgical tools with subjective assessment in predicting 30-day mortality. Methods findings conducted a prospective observational study 274 hospitals United Kingdom (UK), Australia, New Zealand. For 1 week 2017, risk, surgical, outcome data...
Summary Background Critical care beds are a limited resource, yet research indicates that recommendations for postoperative critical admission based on patient‐level risk stratification not followed. It is unclear how prioritisation decisions made in real‐world settings and the effect of this outcomes. Methods This was prespecified analysis an observational cohort study adult patients undergoing inpatient surgery, conducted 274 hospitals across UK Australasia during 2017. The primary outcome...