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Table 2 Boey score and outcomes

From: Diagnosis and treatment of perforated or bleeding peptic ulcers: 2013 WSES position paper

Risk score

Mortality (OR)

Morbidity (OR)

1

8% (2.4)

47% (2.9)

2

33% (3.5)

75% (4.3)

3

38% (7.7)

77% (4.9)

  1. Boey score factors.
  2. Concomitant severe medical illness.
  3. Preoperative shock.
  4. Duration of perforation > 24 hours.
  5. Score: 0–3 (Each factor scores 1 point if positive).
  6. Adapted from Lohsiriwat V, Prapasrivorakul S, Lohsiriwat D. Perforated peptic ulcer: clinical presentation, surgical outcomes, and the accuracy of the Boey scoring system in predicting postoperative morbidity and mortality. World J Surg. 2009 Jan;33(1):80–65.
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