Limitations in the inter-observer reliability of EuroSCORE: What should change in EuroSCORE II?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1304-1308

  Lebreton, Guillaume ^a   Merle, Sylvie ^b   Inamo, Jocelyn ^a   Hennequin, Jean Luc ^a   Sanchez, Bruno ^a   Rilos, Zelie ^a   Roques, François ^a  

^a Pierre Zobda Quitmann University Hospital   (France)

^b Observatoire Régional de la Santé de la Martinique   (France)

Author keywords

Co morbidities; Risk analysis modelling; Statistics; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ERROR; EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR CARDIAC OPERATIVE RISK EVALUATION; EUROPEAN SYSTEM FOR CARDIAC OPERATIVE RISK EVALUATION II; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 82655182077     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.02.067     Document Type: Article

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