Researchers have devised what they hope is a more accurate system for predicting in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing major surgery (Anesthesiology 2016;124:570-579).
The number of patient deaths during or after surgery may be small, but the rate among some subgroups can be as high as 10%, making accurate predictions of in-hospital mortality crucial, according to the international team of researchers composed of physicians from Canada, France, the United Kingdom and