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Table 4 Re-classification table (from stage 1 to stage 2) for patients with an expected mortality rate > 50 %

From: In search of the ideal risk-scoring system for very high-risk cardiac surgical patients: a two-stage approach

 

Overall patient population (N = 105)

 

Risk stratification stage

Number of patients (%)

Number of non-survivors (%)

Number re-classified (higher risk class) (%)

Number re-classified (lower risk class) (%)

First stage (EuroSCORE II or ACEF score)

20 (19)

7 (35)

14 (13)

12 (11)

Second stage

20 (19)

14 (70)

  
 

Non-emergency patients (N = 98)

 

First stage (EuroSCORE II or ACEF score)

19 (19)

7 (37)

13 (13)

7 (7)

Second stage

13 (13)

9 (69)