Perioperative medicine & outcomes

The Swedish Perioperative Register: Description, validation of data mapping and utility

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Registry description and data validation study

Authors' conclusion

Data validation revealed good agreement between local and central databases.

Study context

Population
Surgical procedures reported to the national Swedish Perioperative Register (SPOR) since 2013more than four million cases
Outcome
Data validation (local vs central SPOR database)
Methodological detailsnational register, validation of local vs central data
  • National register
  • Validation of local vs central data

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Data accuracy for number and type of surgical procedures, local vs central

nearly 100%

Further findings

National surgical capacity during COVID-19 pandemic (index vs 4 baseline weeks, January 2020) · from week 11 in 2020

Number of performed surgical procedures decreased dramatically vs normal production, mainly impairing elective surgery

Original publication

The Swedish Perioperative Register: Description, validation of data mapping and utility. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 14 December 2022. doi:10.1111/aas.14174

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