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Pre-operative categorization (triaging) of surgical patients is the process of defining their level of urgency and scheduling their surgery accordingly.
As far as we know, there have been no empirical investigations into the quantitative impact on the distribution of patient categories of dedicated ORs and new policies on pre-operative categorization (triaging) and OR booking.
The variables with missing data that required imputation included bearing surface, ASA score, BMI, race, implant fixation, sex, age, fellowship training, mobility/stability categorization, and operative time.
Patient categorization was non-operative (55.2%), elective surgical (28.7%) and emergency surgical (16.1%).
Estimated costs of complications vary greatly across different studies according to definitions and categorization of post-operative complications, and consequently duration of hospital stay.
However, the widespread use of imagiologic testing (mainly ultrasonography) has increased the detection of renal masses, prompting new pre-operative diagnostic challenges as histological diagnosis using needle biopsy material meets with important limitations, hampering an accurate categorization [ 7].
Refuse categorization?
Consider categorization.
"Blind Ness" defies easy categorization.
Others resisted categorization.
Neruda eludes easy categorization.
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