Table 2 Important milestones in the perception of high risk
From: Clinical review: How is risk defined in high-risk surgical patient management?
Patient | Ability to return to work |
| Â | Possibility of disability |
| Â | Success of operation |
Family | Will patient be able to resume role as carer? |
| Â | Will patient survive? |
Nurse | Infection transmission |
| Â | Violence towards self |
Surgeon | Likelihood of operative success |
| Â | Possibility of operative misadventure |
Anaesthetist | Likelihood of surviving 30 days |
| Â | Likelihood of surviving the anaesthetic |
Intensivist | Likelihood of leaving the intensive care unit |
| Â | Prolonged stay on the intensive care unit |
Administrator | Outcome poorer than comparative unit |
| Â | Care costing more than allocated |