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Background
We previously conducted a systematic review to identify surgical mortality risk prediction tools suitable for adapting in the Australian context and identified the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) as an ideal model. The primary aim was to investigate the external validity of SORT for predicting in‐hospital mortality in a large Australian private health insurance dataset.
Methods
A cohort...
Background
Risk prediction tools can be used in the perioperative setting to identify high‐risk patients who may benefit from increased surveillance and monitoring in the postoperative period, to aid shared decision‐making, and to benchmark risk‐adjusted hospital performance. We evaluated perioperative risk prediction tools relevant to an Australian context.
Methods
A systematic review of perioperative...
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