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Review
. 2019 Feb;19(2):47-53.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjae.2018.09.009. Epub 2018 Dec 14.

Clinical risk assessment tools in anaesthesia

J Stones  1 , D Yates  2
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Review

Clinical risk assessment tools in anaesthesia

J Stones et al. BJA Educ. 2019 Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Programme online surgical risk calculator. (A) Data input form showing the required variables. (B) Results screen showing the 14 predicted outcomes, with the colour indicating whether these are below, at, or above the average for the whole dataset. Reproduced by permission of the American College of Surgeons.
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