ANZICS CTG Endorsed Study

COMPASS

The clinical outcomes measurement in perioperative medicine, anaesthesia & surgery study

Study Description

Cohort study using a large hospital administrative dataset from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) linked to the National Death Index (NDI).

COMPASS aims to develop a perioperative mortality risk prediction model for adults undergoing inpatient noncardiac surgery in Australia, based on the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) from the United Kingdom and its New Zealand adaptation, NZRISK.

Steering Committee

Paul Myles, Lauren Bulfin,

Administering Institution

Monash University

Sample Size

15,000

Funding

ANZCA, Australian Society of Anaesthetists

Reference

CTG1819-08

Contact

Paul Myles (email)