What is the discriminatory power of preoperative risk assessment tools for morbidity after cardiac surgery?
Existing preoperative risk assessment tools for cardiac surgery morbidity show reasonable discriminatory power and can be implemented based on local preferences.
Despite the methodological heterogeneity across models, all demonstrated at least reasonable discriminatory power and could be implemented depending on local preferences. Future strategies to identify, predict, and reduce morbidity after cardiac surgery should consider the ageing population and those with minor and/or multiple complex morbidities.
Sanders et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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