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Surgical risk scores: A roadmap to improved outcome?
Author(s) -
Glower Donald D.,
Gaca Jeffrey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15569
Subject(s) - medicine , risk stratification , endocarditis , intensive care medicine , outcome (game theory) , risk assessment , infective endocarditis , scoring system , medline , surgery , mathematics , mathematical economics , computer security , computer science , political science , law
Habertheuer et al. present a risk scoring system for predicting morbidity and mortality in 1181 patients undergoing surgery for drug associated endocarditis. The authors conclude that drug‐related endocarditis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and that an easily‐applied risk stratification score may aid in clinical decision making. The authors demonstrate excellent predictive accuracy in a multi‐institutional dataset, and the system is applicable to multivalve patients. Time will tell if application of this or other risk scoring systems can truly provide a roadmap to improved outcomes.