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.