Accuracy of the NSQIP Universal Risk Calculator Using a Vascular Surgery Cohort in a Community Teaching Hospital

The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) universal risk calculator tool was designed using 1.4 million cases and >1500 unique Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to estimate perioperative risk across multiple surgical subspecialties to guide informed consent. We aimed to test whether perioperative risk was accurately estimated for a vascular surgery cohort in a community teaching hospital setting.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - August 22, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Madian T. Yahya, Stuart Blackwood, Foula Kontonicolas, Andrew McGregor, Royd Fukumoto, Alan M. Dietzek Tags: Abstracts from the 2014 New England Society for Vascular Surgery/Eastern Vascular Society Joint Annual Meeting Source Type: research