Background Clinical prediction models are often constructed using multicenter databases.
Such a data structure poses additional challenges for statistical analysis (clustered data) but …

Background. A simple and accurate scoring system to predict risk of transfusion for patients
undergoing cardiac surgery is lacking. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data …

ABSTRACT Background In 2011, the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk
(EuroSCORE) II was created as an improvement of the additive/logistic EuroSCORE for the …

Background In light of the burgeoning volume and certain variation of in-hospital outcomes
of cardiac operations in China, a large patient-level registry was needed. We generated the …

Background A novel hematologic parameter, systemic coagulation-inflammation (SCI) index
reflecting inflammation and coagulation pathways could be easily obtained from clinically …

Background To meet the demand of increasing surgical volume and changing of patient's
risk profiles of coronary artery bypass grafting in China, we developed a new risk model that …

Abstract OBJECTIVES The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II
(EuroSCORE II) was developed to update EuroSCORE and incorporated refinement and …

Background: To preferably evaluate and predict the risk for in-hospital mortality in elderly
patients receiving cardiac valvular surgery, we developed a new prediction model using …

Objective To develop an inflammation-based risk stratification tool for operative mortality in
patients with acute type A aortic dissection. Methods Between January 1, 2016 and …

Over the last 3 decades, there has been a profusion in the number of cardiac surgery risk
score systems available (approximately 20 in current adult cardiac surgery literature). 1 One …