Not All Risk Scores are Created Equal, A Comparison of Risk Scores for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Administrative Data and Quality Improvement Registries

Accurate and contemporary prognostic risk prediction is essential to inform clinical decision-making surrounding abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) care. Therefore, we validated and compared three different in-hospital mortality risk scores in one administrative and two quality improvement registries.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 21, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Livia E.V.M. de Guerre, Kirsten D. Dansey, Priya B. Patel, Thomas F.X. O ’Donnell, Sara L. Zettervall, Joost A. van Herwaarden, Kristina A. Giles, Salvatore T. Scali, Marc L. Schermerhorn Source Type: research