Gastric bypass, a.k.a bariatric surgery is this procedure that is known to cause one to lose weight because it makes the stomach smaller and allows food to bypass parts of the small intestine. This will consequently make one feel full a lot quickly than when the stomach is in its original size. When food bypass some parts of the small intestine some calories don’t get absorbed easily, too, which also adds to the weight loss effect of this surgery.

If you are considering to undergo a weight loss surgery procedure such as gastric bypass but are scared of its risks, there is now a scoring sytem that may help measure the chances of dying from the procedure.

The scoring system was first proposed in 2006 by Duke University Medical surgeons and has been validated in a new study with 4,400 participants.

The factors considered to get a good estimation of whether a person is at risk of dying from gastric bypass include the patient’s age, gender, blood pressure, weight, and the risk of developing a blood clot in the lungs.

Physicians using the system can easily determine if their patients’ risk of dying from the surgery is low, medium or high. The new analysis found that patients in the high-risk group were six times more likely to die than those in the low-risk group, and patients in the medium-risk group were three times more likely to die.

Details of this Simple System that Accurately Predicts Weight-Loss Surgery Risk

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