BACKGROUND The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) uses anatomical and
physiologic variables to predict mortality. Elderly (65 years or older) trauma patients have …

Background The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) uses anatomic/physiologic
variables to predict outcomes. The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical …

BACKGROUND: Trauma outcome prediction models have traditionally relied upon patient
injury and physiologic data (eg, Trauma and Injury Severity Score [TRISS]) without …

Background Trauma prediction scores such as Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and Trauma
and Injury Severity Score (TRISS)) are used to predict mortality, but do not include …

Introduction Numerous scoring systems have been created to predict the risk of morbidity
and mortality in patients undergoing emergency general surgery (EGS). In this article, we …

The American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA-PS) grade better risk
stratifies geriatric trauma patients, but it is only reported in patients scheduled for surgery …

Preoperative risk stratification in the elderly surgical patient is an essential part of
contemporary perioperative care and can be done with the use of the American College of …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the
American Society of Anesthesiologists' Physical Status (ASA PS) classifications and the …

The 1983 movie, The Right Stuff, was an adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book by the same name
that chronicled the Project Mercury astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and …

Abstract Background. The American Society of Anesthesiology's (ASA) 6-point physical
status classification remains one of the most significant predictors of perioperative morbidity …