A score to estimate 30-day mortality after intensive care admission after cardiac surgery

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5617079	The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2017	44 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Preoperative and intraoperative variables can be used on admission to a cardiac surgical ICU to estimate 30-day mortality. The score could be used for risk stratification after cardiac surgery and evaluation of performance of cardiac surgical ICUs.

Keywords

CPB ROC ECMO STS Intensive cardiac care unit IABP euroSCORE extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cardiopulmonary bypass ICU intensive care unit coronary artery bypass grafting Society of Thoracic Surgeons Cardiac surgery CABG Ventricular assist device European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation odds ratio Risk score intra-aortic balloon pump VAD receiver operating characteristic