Why the study?
Does the Parsonnet score accurately predict in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery?
Population
8210 patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery between April 1997 and March 1999 in all centres in the north…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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Parsonnet score overpredicts mortality after adult cardiac surgery; leaves open the need for updated objective models in contemporary cohorts.
Does the Parsonnet score accurately predict in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing adult cardiac surgery?
The Parsonnet score overpredicts mortality following adult cardiac surgery and includes subjective items not associated with mortality, highlighting the need for updated, objective predictive models.
K Wynne-Jones (2000) studied this question.
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