Purpose: To estimate a patient's anesthetic risk using a modification of the score described by Peter and Lutz.						Citations with documentation. 31.01.03	Medal Project 2002. See disclaimer.
conversion	enter
body weight in pounds		lbs equals	81.8	kilograms
potassium in mEq/L		mEq/L equals		mmol/L
hemoglobin in g/L		g/L equals	0	g/dL
data	enter
Are you evaluating the anesthetic risk for a patient undergoing surgery? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of the patient in years		years						0
weight in kilograms		kilograms						0
ideal weight for the patient in kilograms		kilograms
preoperative fasting period in hours		hours						1
serum potassium in mmol/L		mmol/L						0
Is the patient dehydrated? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)						0
hemoglobin in g/dL		g/dL						1
Does the patient have any relevant allergies? (Yor N)		:-):-):-)						0
Does the patient have any other serious disease? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)						0
expected operation time in minutes		minutes						0
percent body surface area with second or third degree burns (enter from 0 to 100, with 0 if none)		percent BSA						0
Is inhalation burn injury present? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
enter an "x" in the appropriate column for each finding (give only 1 answer per row)
	healthy	ambulant	emergency
patient status							Yes	2
	scheduled	urgent	immediate
timing for procedure							Yes	2
	conscious	drowsy	comatose
consciousness							Yes	2
	stable	labile hypertension	fixed hypertension	hypotension	compensated shock	uncompensa-ted shock
blood pressure							Yes	2
	normal	compensated CHF	decreased function	MI within last 2 months	heart failure	decompensated heart failure
heart							Yes	1
	normal	irregular rhythm	tachycardia	arrhythmias	PVCs	complete AV block
pulse							Yes	0
	normal	dyspnea	bronchitis	pneumonia	respiratory failure
respiratory							Yes	2
	normal	renal failure	anuria or uremia
renal function							Yes	0
	none	without failure	liver failure	hepatic coma
liver disease							Yes	0
	none	controlled	uncontrolled
diabetes							Yes	1
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
risk score	14
risk group	Group IV