Purpose: To evaluate the 30-day mortality risk for a surgical patient using the bedside risk index of Aust et al.					Citations with documentation. 31.01.08	Medal Project 2005. See disclaimer.
conversion	enter
serum albumin in g/L		g/L equals	0	g/dL
data	enter
Are you evaluating a surgery patient? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of the patient in years		years of age
serum albumin in g/dL		g/dL
Is the surgery an emergency procedure? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)					0
Does the patient have cancer? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)					1
Is the operation complex or difficult? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)					1
enter an "x" in the appropriate column for the ASA class of the patient (give only 1 answer)
	ASA I	ASA II	ASA III	ASA IV	ASA V
ASA classification						Yes	3
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
risk index	-3.08
probability of 30 day mortality	3%