Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan et al developed a risk score for evaluating a woman undergoing gynecological cancer surgery. This can help to identify a woman at increased risk for an adverse event associated with surgery. The authors are from the University of
Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Radboud University in The Netherlands.
Adverse events: covered a range of intraoperative and postoperative problems (see Table 3, page 331).
Parameters:
(1) malignancy
(2) comorbidities (COPD, kidney disease, diabetes, neurological disease, peripheral vascular disease, history of prior surgery, nutritional deficiency, psychological disorder, etc)
(3) complexity of planned surgery
(4) serum SGOT
(5) body weight
(6) ASA score
Parameter |
Finding |
Points |
---|---|---|
malignancy |
absent |
0 |
|
present |
1 |
comorbidity |
0 or 1 |
0 |
|
2 or more |
1 |
planned surgery |
not complex |
0 |
|
complex |
2 |
|
very complex |
3 |
serum SGOT |
normal |
0 |
|
elevated |
3 |
body weight |
low or normal |
0 |
|
overweight |
2 |
ASA score |
0 or 1 |
0 |
|
2 or more |
2 |
total score =
= SUM(points for all 6 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 14
• The higher the score the greater the risk for an adverse event.
X =
= (0.5 * (total score)) - 3.697
probability of an adverse event =
= 1 / (1 + EXP((-1) * X))
Purpose: To estimate the probability of an adverse event associated with gynecologic cancer surgery using the risk score of Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan et al.
Specialty: Anesthesiology
Objective: risk factors, complications, comorbid conditions, surgery, public health
ICD-10: C50-C50, C51-C58,