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

Table 6 Variables needed to score four post-operative scoring systems

Scoring system	Variables required
Cook and Day¹⁸	Age, ASA, gender, ICU admission, invasive monitoring.
Mannheim Peritonitis Index ²⁸	Age, gender, presence of organ failure/cancer, duration of pre-op peritonitis, origin of sepsis, nature of peritonitis/exudate.
Surgical Risk Score⁴⁷	ASA, NCEPOD score, BUPA score

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