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Curr Surg
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Assessing the risk and predicting the outcome of surgery, trauma, and surgical intensive care is an important aspect of perioperative practice. There have been attempts to devise and validate many scoring systems to predict the prognosis of patients having a similar severity of illness. This article reviews some of the commonly used systems with respect to their development, strengths, and limitations. ⋯ Risk assessment scores may assist in the perioperative risk evaluation with respect to organ systems. Prognostication of critically ill patients belonging to a category of illness may be done using physiological scoring systems taking into account the difference in the case-mix of the particular unit.
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Review Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Peripheral nerve injury evaluation and management.
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Review Comparative Study
Spinal cord stimulation for the relief of chronic pain.
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Review Comparative Study
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