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V-POSSUM Score for Vascular Surgery

Purpose: To predict mortality for a person undergoing major vascular surgery using the V-POSSUM score.

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient undergoing repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?

Age of the patient

years

Systolic blood pressure prior to surgery

mm Hg

Admission heart rate

beats per minute

Admission Glasgow coma score

Preoperative hemoglobin

White blood cell count

Preoperative urea

Preoperative serum sodium

Preoperative serum potassium

Number of separate procedures performed during the operation

Total blood loss during the procedure

mL

Select the appropriate answer for each question

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 vascular operation

Mode of surgery

Presence of a malignant neoplasm

Peritoneal soiling

Results

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Specialty

Objective

ICD-10