Use of Surgical APGAR Score as a Prognostic Indicator for Emergency Laparotomy Adverse Outcomes: A Multi-Center Cohort Study. The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a simple intraoperative tool designed to predict postoperative complications following major surgery. Although validated in certain highincome settings, evidence regarding its accuracy and correlation with complication severity remains limited in low-resource settings, where the burden of postoperative complications remains high. Method This was a prospective observational study that recruited 146 adult patients for emergency laparotomy in three (3) hospitals. Intraoperative data, including the lowest heart rate, lowest MAP, and estimated blood loss postoperatively, were calcula (Preprint)
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