Why the study?
Does a new 10-variable postoperative risk index improve the prediction of 30-day mortality compared to APACHE II and MODS in adult patients admitted to the ICU after cardiac surgery?
Population
6,007 consecutive adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery over a 5.5-year…
Comparison
A new 10-variable postoperative risk index for… vs Existing general ICU scoring systems.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May improve postoperative mortality prediction in cardiac surgery ICUs; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Does a new 10-variable postoperative risk index improve the prediction of 30-day mortality compared to APACHE II and MODS in adult patients admitted to the ICU after cardiac surgery?
A newly developed 10-variable postoperative risk index provides superior calibration and discrimination for predicting 30-day mortality in cardiac surgery ICU patients compared to general ICU scores like APACHE II and MODS.
Hekmat et al. (2010) studied this question.
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