Is it possible to improve the accuracy of EuroSCORE?

J Nissinen, F Biancari, JO Wistbacka… - European journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Objective: We derived a new risk-scoring method by modifying some of the risk factors
included in the EuroSCORE algorithm. Methods: This study includes 3613 patients who …

Performance of the original EuroSCORE

S Siregar, RHH Groenwold, F de Heer… - European journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) is a commonly
used risk score for operative mortality following cardiac surgery. We aimed to conduct a …

Logistic or additive EuroSCORE for high-risk patients?

P Michel, F Roques, SAM Nashef… - European Journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: To assess whether the use of the full logistic European System for Cardiac
Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) is superior to the standard additive EuroSCORE in …

The new EuroSCORE II does not improve prediction of mortality in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a collaborative analysis of two European centres

NJ Howell, SJ Head, N Freemantle… - European Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Prediction of operative risk in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery
remains a challenge, particularly in high-risk patients. In Europe, the EuroSCORE is the …

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

G Lebreton, S Merle, J Inamo… - European journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: To carry out an in-depth single-centre analysis of the inter-observer reliability of
the EuroSCORE (European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation) to propose …

Validation and quality measurements for EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II in the Spanish cardiac surgical population: a prospective, multicentre study

A Garcia-Valentin, CA Mestres… - European Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Since its development in the late 1990s, the European System for Cardiac
Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) has been the predictive model of choice for …

Accuracy, calibration and clinical performance of the EuroSCORE: can we reduce the number of variables?

M Ranucci, S Castelvecchio, L Menicanti… - European journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background: The European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation
(EuroSCORE) is currently used in many institutions and is considered a reference tool in …

Can EuroSCORE accurately predict long-term outcome after cardiac surgery?

IK Toumpoulis, CE Anagnostopoulos - Nature clinical practice …, 2005 - nature.com
Background Data from over 19,000 patients undergoing open heart surgery were used to
create the European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE). This score …

Predicting prognosis in cardiac surgery: a prophecy?

AP Kappetein, SJ Head - European journal of cardio-thoracic …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Physicians need to make predictions on the prognosis of a treatment that helps them in the
choice of therapy. Medicine used to be much more subjective than in the current evidence …

Validation of EuroSCORE II on a single-centre 3800 patient cohort

M Carnero-Alcázar, JA Silva Guisasola… - … and thoracic surgery, 2013 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES To compare and validate the new European System for Cardiac Operative
Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II with EuroSCORE at our institution. METHODS The logistic …