Periop Leader Week
July 1, 2009

Applying the Surgical Apgar Score

By: Pat Patterson
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"This patient is a 10. Everything went well." Or "This patient is a 5. She will need close monitoring." Before long, physicians and nurses may be using a numerical score like this when transferring patients from the OR to the next level of care.

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