Ghanem 2012 Table 5 bedside preoperative mortality predictor. Inpatient 6, sepsis 4, poor functional status (total ADL assistance) 3, disseminated cancer 1, age (≥80 → 2; 70–79 → 1; 65–69 → 0.5; else 0), cardiac 5, pulmonary 3, renal 1, liver 1, chronic steroid 1, >10% weight loss 1, bleeding disorder 1, DNR 1, obesity −1. Range −1 to 30. Figure 3: <1% died in 0–5, 73% in 20–30. Not a go/no-go for surgery.

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