The Surgical Apgar Score in hip and knee arthroplasty.

Objectives. A 10-point Surgical Apgar Score, based on patients´ estimated blood loss, lowest heart rate, and lowest mean arterial pressure during surgery, was recently developed to rate patients´ outcomes in general and vascular surgery. In this study, we sought to evaluate its validity among hip and knee arthroplasty patients.;Methods. Using electronic intra..