Swedish hospitals develop tool to predict which surgery patients will die within 30 days

Researchers created a risk assessment model that identifies patients most likely to suffer fatal complications after surgery, potentially allowing hospitals to allocate resources more strategically and prepare families for outcomes. The tool, tested across Swedish tertiary hospitals, could help surgical teams make better preoperative decisions and improve care planning.

Originaltitel: Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) to predict 30-day postoperative mortality in a mixed surgical population in Swedish tertiary hospitals