Clinical review How to identify high-risk surgical patients.docVIP

Available online /content/8/5/369 Review Clinical review: How to identify high-risk surgical patients Paul Older1 and Adrian Hall2 1Director (Emeritus), Intensive Care Unit and Director, CPX Laboratory, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria, Australia 2Deputy Director, Intensive Care Unit, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria, Australia Corresponding author: Paul Older, paul.older@.au Published online: 31 March 2004 Critical Care 2004, 8:369-372 (DOI 10.1186/cc2848) This article is online at /content/8/5/369 ? 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Postoperative outcome is mainly influenced