Recalibration and External Validation of the Risk Analysis Index: A Surgical Frailty Assessment Tool.
Recalibration and External Validation of the Risk Analysis Index: A Surgical Frailty Assessment Tool.
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DOI:
10.1097/sla.0000000000003276
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发表时间:
2020-12
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9
通讯作者:
Hall DE
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作者:
Arya S;Varley P;Youk A;Borrebach JD;Perez S;Massarweh NN;Johanning JM;Hall DE
The Risk Analysis Index (RAI) predicts 30, 180 and 365-day mortality based on variables constitutive of frailty. Initially validated, in a single-center Veteran hospital, we sought to improve model performance by recalibrating the RAI in a large, Veteran surgical registry, and to externally validate it in both a national surgical registry and a cohort of surgical patients for whom RAI was measured prospectively before surgery. The RAI was recalibrated among development and confirmation samples within the Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP; 2010–2014; N=480,731) including major, elective non cardiac surgery patients to create the revised RAI (RAI-rev), comparing discrimination and calibration. The model was tested externally in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataset (NSQIP; 2005–2014; N=1,391,785), and in a prospectively collected cohort from the Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System VA (NWIHCS; N=6,856). Recalibrating the RAI significantly improved discrimination for 30-day [c=0.84 to 0.86], 180-day [c=0.81 to 0.84] and 365-day mortality [c=0.78 to 0.82](p<0.001 for all) in VASQIP. The RAI-rev also had markedly better calibration (median absolute difference between observed and predicted 180-day mortality: decreased from 8.45% to 1.23%). RAI-rev was highly predictive of 30-day mortality (c=0.87) in external validation with excellent calibration (median absolute difference between observed and predicted 30-day mortality: 0.6%). The discrimination was highly robust in men (c=0.85) and women (c=0.89). Discrimination also improved in the prospectively measured cohort from NWIHCS for 180-day mortality [c=0.77 to 0.80] (p<0.001). The RAI-rev has improved discrimination and calibration as a frailty screening tool in surgical patients. It has robust external validity in men and women across a wide range of surgical settings and available for immediate implementation for risk assessment and counseling in preoperative patients. This study recalibrates the previously developed Risk Analysis Index (RAI) in a large Veteran surgical registry and externally validates it using a national surgical cohort and a survey instrument. The generalizability of the RAI across various surgical populations makes it an ideal instrument for frailty assessment in preoperative patients.