Objective: Risk scores have become an important tool in patient assessment, as age,
severity of heart disease, and comorbidity in patients undergoing heart surgery have …

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to assess whether preoperative and
postoperative B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels could be used as predictors of …

Background The Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) score is a simple risk
classification for cardiac surgical patients. It is based on clinical judgment and three clinical …

Background: It is unknown whether pelvic ring fracture is an independent predictor of death
after blunt trauma. Few previous studies have attempted to analyze whether the high death …

One of the most feared complications of enteral feeding is aspiration of formula with resultant
hypoxia and/or pneumonia. Thus, in an attempt to minimize the risk for aspiration, many …

Background—Patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease often undergo coronary
artery bypass grafting, but assessment of the risk of an adverse outcome in these patients is …

Objective: Benchmarking and early detection of unfavourable trends. Methods: We
implemented a dedicated project-orientated data warehouse, which continuously supplies …

FUNDAMENTOS: Modelos de estratificação de risco são utilizados em cirurgia para avaliar
risco de morte. OBJETIVO: Fazer análise crítica da aplicação do EuroSCORE (ES) em …

The risks of surgery and its clinical outcome are of great importance for both patients and
physicians when choosing coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery for coronary artery …

Numerous studies have shown that in the therapy of infections in the critically ill, antibiotic-
resistant organisms are becoming increasingly common and threatening the ability to …