Predicting Risk in ACS

Pancreatectomy risk calculator: an ACS-NSQIP resource.

BACKGROUND The morbidity of pancreatoduodenectomy remains high and the mortality may be significantly increased in high-risk patients. However, a method to predict post-operative adverse outcomes based on readily available clinical data has not been available. Therefore, the objective was to create a 'Pancreatectomy Risk Calculator' using the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quali...

Risk Stratification and Invasive Strategy in NSTE-ACS

Under the heading of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), we include myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation (STEMI), myocardial infarction without ST segment elevation (NSTEMI) and unstable angina (UA). Given the similar pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical manifestations, diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm UA and NSTEMI are sorted into a common group of ACS without ST segment elevation...

Risk assessment helps prevent falls in ACS patients.

Predicting complications of major head and neck oncological surgery: an evaluation of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator

BACKGROUND The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) universal surgical risk calculator is an online tool intended to improve the informed consent process and surgical decision-making. The risk calculator uses a database of information from 585 hospitals to predict a patient's risk of developing specific postoperative outcomes. METHODS Patient ...

Predicting High - Risk Cholesterol

The pattern of longitudinal changes in cholesterol levels has important implications for screening policies and for understanding the role of cholesterol as a risk factor for coronary heart disease. We explored a variety of longitudinal models to predict changes in cholesterol over several years, emphasizing the probability that an individual will develop a cholesterol level that requires furth...