Possum Scoring System in Patients Undergoing Laparotomy in Mulago Hospital.

Abstract

Prediction of Complications is an Essential part of Risk Management in Surgery. Knowing which Patient to Operate and those at high risk of Developing Complications Contributes significantly to the Quality of Surgical care and cost Reduction in Surgery. The physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) was used to score predict the outcomes of Laparotomy in Mulago Hospital.