Evaluation of POSSUM and P-POSSUM as predictors of mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing laparotomy at a referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
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2010Author
Kimani, M.M
Kiiru, J.N
Matu, M.M
Chokwe, T
Saidi, H
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The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for enumeration of
Morbidity and Mortality (POSSUM) and its Portsmouth modification
(P-POSSUM) were developed for comparative audit in surgical patients.
This study evaluated applicability of these systems in estimating
mortality and morbidity risks in a cohort of patients undergoing laparotomy
at the national referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya Our results support the suitability of P-POSSUM and POSSUM scoring
systems to stratify morbidity and mortality risk in our study population
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The annals of African surgery • Volume 5 • January 2010Publisher
University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences Kenyatta National Hospital, Department of surgery Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Microbiology Research
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]