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26-05-2023 | Peritonitis | Original Article
Jabalpur Prognostic Scoring System: Revisited After 2 Decades
Authors:
Uday Somashekar, Mritunjay Kumar Gupta, Arpan Mishra, Rohit Shrivastava, S Bharath, Vikesh Agrawal, Pawan Agarwal, Dhananjaya Sharma
Published in:
Indian Journal of Surgery
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Issue 1/2024
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Abstract
Introduction
Jabalpur Prognostic Scoring System (JPSS), a simple scoring system, was developed to prognosticate the outcome for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) in 2003 when there was no dedicated Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) in the authors’ institution. It is based on six easily available parameters, namely patient’s age, perforation-operation interval, mean systolic blood pressure, heart rate, serum creatinine and the presence of comorbid illness. Its accuracy has since been validated by many authors and has been found to be comparable with other prognostic scoring systems. Availability of SICU in the last one decade has prompted us to re-assess the utility and validity of the JPSS in the current age.
Methods
Prospectively collected JPSS data of 214 consecutive patients (prospective group, PG), who underwent Graham’s patch omentopexy closure of a PPU, was compared with the JPSS cohort of 2003 (original group, OG). Sensitivity and specificity were calculated, and accuracy was measured using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.
Results
The PG had 214 patients, while the OG had 140 patients. PG had significantly more women patients, and a shorter hospital stay, otherwise, both groups were comparable. Postoperative mortality and morbidity, both overall and in different JPSS classes were statistically similar. Overall accuracy of JPSS in PG was 77% with a cutoff of 11 as compared to the OG where these values were 92% and 9 respectively.
Conclusion
JPSS continues to be effective and accurate in predicting the outcome of patients with PPU in the current age.