# Surgical Risk Is Not Linear: Derivation and Validation of a Novel, User-friendly, and Machine-learning-based Predictive OpTimal Trees in Emergency Surgery Risk (POTTER) Calculator

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/surgical-risk-is-not-linear-derivation-and-validation-of-a-novel-user-friendly/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Dimitris Bertsimas,Jack Dunn,George C. Velmahos,Haytham M.A. Kaafarani |
| Citations | 315 |
| DOI | 10.1097/sla.0000000000002956 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2888528836 |
| PMID | 30124479 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2018 |

## Paper authors

- [Haytham M.A. Kaafarani](https://scholariq.org/researchers/haytham-m-a-kaafarani/)

## Paper journal

- [Annals of Surgery](https://scholariq.org/journals/annals-of-surgery/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-anesthesia-and-surgical-outcomes/)

## Paper topics

- [Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-anesthesia-and-surgical-outcomes/)
- [Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment](https://scholariq.org/topics/sepsis-diagnosis-and-treatment/)
- [Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education](https://scholariq.org/topics/artificial-intelligence-in-healthcare-and-education/)

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