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Table 2a Observed mortality in emergency surgery in the elderly by ASA grade

From: Pre-operative risk scores for the prediction of outcome in elderly people who require emergency surgery

Study

n

Age (≥)

ASA I

ASA II

ASA III

ASA IV

ASA V

Arenal15

710

70

6%

19%

38%

89%

Barlow14

204

64

0%

9%

50%

75%

Cook18

107

65

0%

17%

25%

77%

91%

Akoh19

83

80

-

13%

25%

75%

-

Makela20

71*

70

0%

0%

9%

29%

100%

Cook50

49

75

0%

0%

10%

63%

100%

  1. Combined boxes when study has combined two ASA classes for analysis; -indicates no patients with this ASA score in study; * all 71 patients had perforated diverticular disease
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

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