Portsmouth P POSSUM Score | Medical Algorithm

Are you evaluating a patient who has or will undergo a surgical operation?

Yes

Age of the patient

years

Systolic blood pressure prior to surgery

mm Hg

Admission heart rate

beats per minute

Admission Glasgow coma score (enter from 3 to 15)

Preoperative hemoglobin

White blood cell count prior to surgery

Preoperative urea

Preoperative serum sodium

Preoperative serum potassium

Number of separate procedures performed during the operation

Total blood loss during the procedure

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Preoperative electrocardiogram

Signs of cardiac failure

Heart on admission chest X-ray

Respiratory symptoms on admission

Lung fields on admission chest X-ray

Magnitude of surgical operation

Mode of surgery

Presence of a malignant neoplasm

Peritoneal soiling

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Societal Concerns

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Portsmouth POSSUM Score

Purpose: To use the Portsmouth modification of the POSSUM score to estimate mortality in patients undergoing surgery.