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Respiratory Failure Risk in Adult Males During Post Operative Period of Non-Cardiac Surgery

The EBMcalc module Respiratory Failure Risk in Adult Males During Post Operative Period of Non-Cardiac Surgery is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.

This calculator evaluates the following Clinical Criteria:

Emergency operation
Albumin <30 g/L
BUN >30 mg/dL
History of COPD
Surgery type
Patient age group
Functional status

References

Arozullah AM, Daley J, Henderson WG, Khuri SF. Multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative respiratory failure in adult males after major noncardiac surgery. The National Veterans Administration Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Ann Surg. 2000 Aug;232(2):242-53. PubMed ID: 10903604
Arozullah AM, Khuri SF, Henderson WG, et al. Development and validation of a multifactorial risk index for predicting postoperative pneumonia after major noncardiac surgery. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Nov 20;135(10):847-57. PubMed ID: 11712875
EBMcalc CrossRef: Pneumonia Risk in Post Operative Period

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