Value of preoperative risk adjustment in congenital heart surgery (RACHS) score versus the vasoactive-ventilation-renal (VVR) score for predicting postoperative outcomes in neonates and children
Mohammed Ali Bakhsh,
Mostafa Elbehery,
Jamanah Abdulaziz
et al.
Abstract:Objectives: To compare the post-cardiac surgery vasoactive-ventilation-renal (VVR) score with the preoperative risk adjustment in congenital heart surgery score (RACHS) for predicting postsurgical outcomes in neonates and children.
Methods: This was an retrospective cohort study conducted at the King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Faisal Cardiac Center, tertiery hospital the section of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU), Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, that reviwed all surgical cases f… Show more
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