Performance of the EuroSCORE models in emergency cardiac surgery

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-185

  Grant, Stuart W ^a   Hickey, Graeme L ^a   Dimarakis, Ioannis ^a   Cooper, Graham ^b   Jenkins, David P ^c   Uppal, Rakesh ^d   Buchan, Iain ^a   Bridgewater, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Clinical governance; Emergency surgery; EuroSCORE; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROSCORE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877945956     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.000018     Document Type: Article

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