Monografiya posvyashchena aktual'noy probleme riska v khirurgicheskoy praktike. Izlozheny obshchie teoreticheskie predposylki i spetsificheskie osobennosti problemy, ukazany svedeniya ob imeyushchikhsya v sovremennoy khirurgii otsenochnykh podkhodakh k probleme faktorov riska operativnykh vmeshatel'stv, patofiziologii khirurgicheskoy travmy, opisyvayutsya sovremennye sistemy otsenki tyazhesti bol'nykh i naibolee vazhnye faktory riska. Privedeny statisticheskie dannye i komp'yuternaya programma dlya prognozirovaniya operatsionnogo riska u khirurgicheskikh bol'nykh. Monografiya rasschitana na khirurgov, anesteziologov, reanimatologov, studentov meditsinskikh VUZov.