How Accurate Is the Eyeball Test? A Comparison of Physician's Subjective Assessment Versus Statistical Methods in Estimating Mortality Risk After Cardiac Surgery
How Accurate Is the Eyeball Test? A Comparison of Physician's Subjective Assessment Versus Statistical Methods in Estimating Mortality Risk After Cardiac Surgery
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DOI:
10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000329
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发表时间:
2014-01-01
影响因子:
6.9
通讯作者:
Adabag, Selcuk
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作者:
Jain, Renuka;Duval, Sue;Adabag, Selcuk
Background In the era of increasing percutaneous treatment options for heart disease, the estimation of surgical risk has become a key factor in selecting optimal treatment strategies. Surgical risk has historically been estimated by physician's subjective assessment and more recently by statistical risk estimates.Methods and Results We studied 5099 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery at Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center between 1993 and 2010. Operative mortality risk was estimated statistically by the Veterans Affairs mortality risk estimate and subjectively by cardiac surgeons before surgery. Observed mortality rate was 3.3% (168 deaths) at 1 month, 7.1% (360 deaths) at 1 year, and 18.5% (942 deaths) at 5 years after surgery. Physician's risk estimate (mean [SD], 5.6% [4.4]) and statistical risk estimate (4.3% [5.1]) had modest correlation (c-index, 0.56; P