Open AccessIs the SORT score reliable in predicting postoperative 30-day mortality after a nonemergency surgery in Saudi population?
Author(s) -
Anwar Ul Huda,
Alamgir Khan,
Abdul Saboor Memon,
Nasrullah Sheikh,
Abdullah A Anazi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_105_21
Subject(s) - medicine , sort , observational study , population , mortality rate , surgery , environmental health , computer science , information retrieval
The process of stratifying patient risk preoperatively helps in the decision about the best-possible postoperative care for patients. There have been many scoring systems that are used in anesthesia practice.