Why the study?
Scoring systems used to evaluate ECMO use in pediatric patients after heart surgery may be deceptive and their accuracy is uncertain.
Does RACHS scoring accurately predict mortality in pediatric patients requiring ECMO after heart surgery?
Cohort (n=70)
No
Does RACHS scoring accurately predict mortality in pediatric patients requiring ECMO after heart surgery?
p-value: p=>0.05
Single scoring systems like RACHS may be inadequate for predicting mortality in pediatric patients requiring ECMO after cardiac surgery.
Questions RACHS reliability for mortality prediction in pediatric post-surgical ECMO; leaves open need for ECMO-specific risk models.
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Arslanoğlu et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Pediatric heart surgery requiring ECMO (n=70). RACHS score vs. Different RACHS score categories was evaluated on Mortality (p=>0.05).
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