Diagnoses were coded according to the international classification system (ICD tenth revision: ICD-10) and surgical procedures were coded according to a national classification system for surgeries (NOMESKO NCPS).
ALI, acute lung injury; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; LOS, length of stay; MV, mechanical ventilation; RACHS-1, Risk Adjusted Classification for Congenital Heart Surgery SICUU, surgery intensive care unit; SPO2, oxygen saturation; UFV, ultrafiltered volume removal.
Recent studies emphasise the accuracy of diagnosis, classification and precise indications for surgery [1, 2, 3].
Data were collected on each patient until hospital discharge and included information on co-morbidities, American Society of Anesthesiology ASAA) physical status classification [ 12] indication for surgery, cancer diagnosis, duration of the procedure, planned postoperative ICU admission and inhospital mortality.
Curative therapy was defined as treatment for the EHPM with intent to cure according to different tumor classification, e.g., surgery for colorectal, gastric, lung, esophagus, cervical, breast, thyroid, oral, and renal cancer, or radiochemotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Curative therapy was defined as treatment according to tumor classification; e.g., surgery for colorectal, gastric, lung, esophageal, cervical, breast, thyroid, and renal cancers, and radio-chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The Masada classification still forms the basis for surgery.
Other examples of ordinal outcome scales can be found in cardiology (for example, NYHA Functional Classification for heart failure), vascular surgery (for example, Rutherford Classification for peripheral artery disease) and pain management (for example, Visual Analogue Scale).
We aim to introduce and perform initial testing of the Clinical Acuity Shorthand System (CLASS) (Copyright 2015, Duke University. All rights reserved). for surgery, a patient classification tool intended to facilitate efficient communication of key patient information during handoffs.
We also applied an arbitrary classification based on the disease severity, need for surgery and need for immunosuppressive therapy.
