Performance of Severity Indices to Estimate Postoperative Complications of Myocardial Revascularization.

Silvana Alves Dos Santos FranzottiDyenily Alessi SlobodaJuliana Rosendo SilvaEllian Amorim Santos SouzaJessica Zamora ReboredaRenata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-RebustiniLilia de Souza Nogueira

Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2020)

APACHE II excelled in predicting neurological and renal complications. None of the indices performed well in predicting the other analyzed complications. Therefore, severity indices should not be used indiscriminately in order to predict all complications frequently presented by patients after CABG. (Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 115(3):452-459).

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
risk factors
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
coronary artery bypass grafting
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
left ventricular
percutaneous coronary intervention
heart failure
acute coronary syndrome
brain injury