Comparative analysis of APACHE-II and P-POSSUM scoring systems in predicting postoperative mortality in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy
Deb Sanjay Nag, Ankur Dembla, Pratap Rudra Mahanty, Shashi Kant, Abhishek Chatterjee, Devi Prasad Samaddar, Parul Chugh
Deb Sanjay Nag, Pratap Rudra Mahanty, Shashi Kant, Abhishek Chatterjee, Devi Prasad Samaddar, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Tata Main Hospital, Jamshedpur 831001, India
Ankur Dembla, Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Darya Ram Hospital, Sonipat 131001, India
Parul Chugh, Department of Biomedical Statistics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi 110060, India
Author contributions: Nag DS, Dembla A, Mahanty PR, and Chatterjee A planned and conducted of the study, scored the patients, and prepared and edited the manuscript; Kant S and Samaddar DP prepared manuscript, reviewed the literature, and analyzed the findings; Chugh P was involved in the study as a biomedical statistician and guided the plan of the study, determined appropriate sample size, and performed statistical analysis and interpretation.
Institutional review board statement: The observational study was approved by the Hospital Ethics Committee, Tata Main Hospital.
Clinical trial registration statement: The registration identification No. NCT02471612.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Deb Sanjay Nag, MBBS, MD (Gold Medalist), Senior Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Tata Main Hospital, C Road West, Northern Town, Jamshedpur 831001, India. ds.nag@tatasteel.com
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Received: February 22, 2019
Peer-review started: February 24, 2019
First decision: June 21, 2019
Revised: June 28, 2019
Accepted: July 20, 2019
Article in press: July 20, 2019
Published online: August 26, 2019