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Fig. 3 | Perioperative Medicine

Fig. 3

From: Mismatch of populations between randomised controlled trials of perioperative interventions in major abdominal surgery and current clinical practice

Fig. 3

A Changing distribution of ASA scores of participants in RCTs over time, with real-world reference cohort top. B Change in percentage of ASA 1 and ASA 3 + participants recruited over time. Trendlines are 2-period moving average. Solid grey, % of participants ASA 3 + recruited to perioperative RCTs. Dotted grey, % of ASA 3 + patients in UCLH reference cohort. Solid blue, % of participants ASA 1 recruited to perioperative RCTs. Dotted blue, % of ASA 1 patients in UCLH reference cohort

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