Background Surgical outcome prediction models are useful for many purposes, including
informed consent, shared decision making, preoperative mitigation of modifiable risk, and …

Background Patient demand and increasing cost awareness have led to the creation of
surgical risk calculators that attempt to predict the likelihood of adverse events and to …

Abstract Background The universal Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System
(SURPAS) prediction models for postoperative adverse outcomes have good accuracy for …

Abstract Background The novel Surgical Risk Preoperative Assessment System (SURPAS)
requires entry of five predictor variables (the other three variables of the eight-variable …

Objective: To develop parsimonious prediction models for postoperative mortality, overall
morbidity, and 6 complication clusters applicable to a broad range of surgical operations in …

The current healthcare environment in America is driven by the concepts of quality, cost
containment, and value. In this environment, primary hip and knee arthroplasty procedures …

Abstract Purpose of Review To discuss the automated risk calculators that have been
developed and evaluated in orthopedic surgery. Recent Findings Identifying predictors of …

Background Preoperative surgical risk assessment is a major component of clinical decision
making. The ability to provide accurate, individualized risk estimates has become critical …

Objective: To compare the performance of the ACS NSQIP “universal” risk calculator (N-RC)
to operation-specific RCs. Background: Resources have been directed toward building …

Background Existing universal and procedure-specific surgical risk prediction models of
death and major complications after elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have limitations …