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Comparison of physiological scores taken at admission and at surgery
| Orthopaedic POSSUM scores and predicted mortality and morbidity for each group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early (24 h) | Intermediate (48 h) | Late (>48 h) | ||||
| Admission | Surgery | Admission | Surgery | Admission | Surgery | |
| Physiological score | 22.934 | 23.082 | 23.692 | 23.558 | 25.394 | 24.818 |
In general there is an increase in the orthopaedic POSSUM score as the patient waits for his or her operation
