Background: The Project Perioperative Risk in Gothenburg is a prospective clinical‐
epidemiological study designed to elucidate factors affecting the perioperative risk in …

All anaesthetic and surgical procedures impose a certain risk of complications. However,
reliable estimates of this risk from prospective studies are rare. This study is a prospective …

The development of improved risk stratification techniques would be assisted by large-scale
epidemiological studies. Improvements to currently used risk prediction models are likely to …

The Gothenburg study of Perioperative Risk is a prospective clinical–epidemiological study
designed to elucidate factors affecting the perioperative risk in unselected adult patients …

Adverse events after surgery are common. Identification of markers of at-risk patients may
facilitate efficient and effective perioperative resource allocation. This pilot study aimed to …

Despite improved surgical techniques there is still a risk of mortality in elective general
surgery. In a prospective study preoperative data from 3250 patients were collected and …

Estimation of the likelihood of adverse outcome after surgery is a central objective of
preoperative assessment. However, it remains uncertain which technique provides the most …

Background: A large number of scoring systems for assessing a patient's risk of
complications or death has been developed over recent years. This is a review of those that …

Objective. To develop a severity index of anaesthetic risk that predicts relevant perioperative
adverse events in adults. Design. Prospective cross-sectional study. Setting. Department of …

Background: Prediction of complications is an essential part of risk management in surgery.
Knowing which patients are at high risk of developing complications will contribute to the …