Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2013 Apr;26(2):116–125. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32835e21d2

Table 5.

Surgical Lung Injury Prediction model scoring criteria

Criteria SLIP pointsa
High-risk surgical procedure
    Cardiac 19
    Vascular 32
    Thoracic 16
Comorbidity
    Diabetes mellitus 6
    COPD 10
    GERD 7
Modifying condition
    Alcohol abuse 11

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; SLIP, Surgical Lung Injury Prediction.

a

The SLIP score is the summation of the SLIP points. Score less than 10 corresponds with low risk; 10-26, moderate risk; and ≥27, high risk. Adapted with permission from [45■].