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The risk is estimated based on 21 patient\u2010related variables and customized for specific surgical procedures. The purpose of this monocentric retrospective study is to validate its predictive value in an Italian emergency setting.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>From January to December 2018, 317 patients underwent surgical procedures for acute cholecystitis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009103), appendicitis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200983), gastrointestinal perforation (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200945), and intestinal obstruction (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200986). Patients\u2019 personal risk was obtained and divided by the average risk to calculate a personal risk ratio (RR). Areas under the ROC curves (AUC) and Brier score were measured to assess both the discrimination and calibration of the predictive model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The AUC was 0.772 (95%CI 0.722\u20130.817, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001; Brier 0.161) for serious complications, 0.887 (95%CI 0.847\u20130.919, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001; Brier 0.072) for death, and 0.887 (95%CI 0.847\u20130.919, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001; Brier 0.106) for discharge to nursing or rehab facility. Pneumonia, cardiac complications, and surgical site infection presented an AUC of 0.794 (95%CI 0.746\u20130.838, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001; Brier 0.103), 0.836 (95%CI 0.790\u20130.875, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001; Brier 0.081), and 0.729 (95%CI 0.676\u20130.777, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001; Brier 0.131), respectively. A RR\u2009&gt;\u20091.24, RR\u2009&gt;\u20091.52, and RR\u2009&gt;\u20092.63 predicted the onset of serious complications (sensitivity\u2009=\u200960.47%, specificity\u2009=\u200964.07%; NPV\u2009=\u200981%), death (sensitivity\u2009=\u200982.76%, specificity\u2009=\u200962.85%; NPV\u2009=\u200997%), and discharge to nursing or rehab facility (sensitivity\u2009=\u200980.00%, specificity\u2009=\u200969.12%; NPV\u2009=\u200995%), respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The calculator appears to be accurate in predicting adverse postoperative outcomes in our emergency setting. 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