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Table 1 Severity score

From: Transurethral resection syndrome in elderly patients: a retrospective observational study

 

Severity score

 

1

2

3

Circulatory

 Chest pain

Duration < 5 min

Duration > 5 min

Repeated attacks

 Bradycardia

HR decrease 10–20 bpm

HR decrease > 20 bpm

Repeated decreases

 Hypertension

SAP up 10–20 mmHg

SAP up > 30 mmHg

Score (2) for 15 min

 Hypotension

SAP down 30–50 mmHg

SAP down > 50 mmHg

Repeated drops > 50 mmHg

 Poor urine output

Diuretics needed

Repeated use

Diuretics ineffective

Neurological

 Blurred vision

Duration < 10 min

Duration > 10 min

Transient blindness

 Nausea

Duration < 5 min

Duration 5–120 min

Intense or > 120 min

 Vomiting

Single instance

Repeatedly, < 60 min

Repeatedly, > 60 min

 Uneasiness

Slight

Moderate

Intense

 Confusion

Duration < 5 min

Duration 5–60 min

Duration > 60 min

 Tiredness

Patient says so

Objectively exhausted

Exhausted for > 120 min

 Consciousness

Mildly depressed

Somnolent < 60 min

Needs ventilator

 Headache

Mild

Severe < 60 min

Severe > 60 min

  1. A checklist used to define and score symptoms included in the TUR syndrome [9]. HR, heart rate; SAP, systolic arterial pressure.