A Retrospective Study to Assess the Efficacy of Surgical APGAR Score
Abstract: Introduction: In today’s era cost of health care is of growing importance and it is important to recognize patients at increased risk of post-operative morbidity and mortality and to find interventions to reduce the risk. Hence, there is a need of an objective prognostic tool to assess the post-operative outcome of patients. The Surgical APGAR score (SAS) is a simple score that uses intraoperative information on hemodynamics and blood loss of patient to predict post-operative morbidity and mortality. Score on a scale of 0-10 is calculated from three parameters collected during the operative procedure, lowest heart rate (HR), lowest mean arterial pressure (MAP), and estimated blood loss. Materials and Methods: A 12 months retrospective study was done in Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation. Emergency and elective major cases were included in this study. SAS calculated based on intraoperative parameters lowest MAP, lowest HR, and amount of blood loss. Results: A total of 403 patients were studied, age ranged from 18 to 70 years.246 elective and 157 emergency surgeries, the majority were gastrointestinal surgeries. SAS was significantly associated with post-operative morbidity and mortality within 30 days (P
Keywords: Estimated blood loss, Mean arterial pressure, Surgical APGAR score
How to Cite?: Rehman Munilal Mohammed, Avinash Addagada, Sushmitha Tummala, B. Anil Kumar, "A Retrospective Study to Assess the Efficacy of Surgical APGAR Score", Volume 10 Issue 2, February 2021, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 626-629, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR21208235755, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR21208235755