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- ItemCan the Surgical Apgar Score predict morbidity and mortality in general orthopaedic surgery?(2012) Urrutia, Julio; Valdes, Macarena; Zamora, Tomas; Canessa, Valentina; Briceno, JorgePurpose The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a simple tally based on intra-operative heart rate, blood pressure and blood loss; it predicts 30-day major postoperative complications and mortality in different surgical fields, but no validation has been performed in general orthopaedic surgery.
- ItemLow Anonymous Voting Compliance With the Novel Policy for Managing Conflicts of Interest Implemented in the 9th Version of the American College of Chest Physicians Antithrombotic Guidelines(2013) Neumann, Ignacio; Akl, Elie A.; Valdes, Macarena; Bravo, Stephanie; Araos, Silvana; Kairouz, Victor; Schuenemann, Holger; Guyatt, Gordon H.Background: The executive committee of the Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (AT9) developed a strategy to limit the impact of conflict of interest (COI) on recommendations. This policy excluded conflicted panelists from voting on recommendations with which they had conflicts. The objective of the study is to explore the compliance of the attendees of the AT9 final conference.