Predictive Scoring: Should it Tell Us the Odds?

In their work, Omran et al.1 presented an interesting perspective on pre- and post-operative scoring of patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA), demonstrating that in their study population, multiple existing models could predict mortality. The authors compared the Vascular Surgery Study Group of New England Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (VSGNE rAAA) score, a decision support tool, with the Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) scores, two outcome prediction scores, and the SOFA score, an illness severity score.

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - September 18, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Jamel P. Ortoleva, Christopher L. Cordes, Payam Salehi, Alexander D. Shapeton Tags: Editorial Commentary Source Type: research