From: Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery?
Grade | Description |
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1 | Minor complication that can be easily treated on the ward with simple procedures or medications (for example, intravenous catheter, nasogastric tube, anti-emetic, simple analgesic) |
2 | Postoperative transfusion or treatment with medications other than those simple agents permitted under grade 1 |
3a | Needing invasive therapy - either surgical, endoscopic or radiological without general anaesthesia |
3b | Needing invasive therapy - either surgical, endoscopic or radiological with general anaesthesia |
4a | Single-organ dysfunction requiring high-dependency unit/ICU admission |
4b | Multiorgan dysfunction requiring high-dependency unit/ICU admission |
5 | Death |
Suffix 'd' | Added if the patient is suffering from a complication at discharge |