• Arch Gerontol Geriatr · May 2018

    The Surgical Apgar Score predicts outcomes of emergency abdominal surgeries both in fit and frail older patients.

    • Jakub Kenig, Kinga Mastalerz, Katarzyna Lukasiewicz, Maria Mitus-Kenig, and Urszula Skorus.
    • Department of General, Oncologic and Geriatric Surgery, Jagiellonian Univeristy Medical College, 35-37 Pradnicka Str., 31-202, Krakow, Poland. Electronic address: jkenig@cm-uj.krakow.pl.
    • Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2018 May 1; 76: 54-59.

    AbstractThe Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a simple and rapid scoring system predicting postoperative mortality and morbidity. However, it remains unknown whether it might be useful in fit and frail older patients undergoing abdominal emergency surgery.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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