Research Article
Critical Care Admissions following Total Laryngectomy: Is It Time to Change Our Practice?
Table 1
(a) Operative severity scoring (adapted from Griffiths et al. [
8]). (b) Physiological and operative parameters.
| (a) |
| | Operative severity | Score | Operation type |
| | Minor | 1 | Endoscopy, tracheostomy, excision submandibular gland/lymph node | | Moderate | 2 | Parotidectomy, thyroidectomy, neck dissection | | Major | 4 | Laryngectomy, pharyngectomy | | Complex major | 8 | Free flaps, pedicled flaps |
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| (b) |
| | Physiological parameters | Operative parameters |
| | Age (years) | Operative severity | | Cardiac signs and chest radiograph | Multiple procedures | | Respiratory history and chest radiograph | Total blood loss | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | Peritoneal soiling | | Pulse (beats/min) | Presence of malignancy | | Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) | Mode of surgery | | Haemoglobin (g/100 mL) | | | White cell count (×1012/L) | | Urea (mmol/L) | | Sodium (mmol/L) | | Potassium (mmol/L) | | Electrocardiogram |
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