Comparison of the EuroSCORE and Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) score for risk-adjusted mortality analysis in cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Diem Tran,
JeanYves Dupuis,
Thierry Mesana,
Marc Ruel,
H Nathan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.06.015
Subject(s) - euroscore , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , confidence interval , logistic regression , cardiac surgery , risk assessment , framingham risk score , population , area under the curve , emergency medicine , environmental health , disease , computer security , computer science
The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) and the Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) score are risk indices designed in the mid-1990 s to predict mortality after cardiac surgery. This study assesses their ability to provide risk-adjusted mortality in a contemporary cardiac surgical population.
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