TY - JOUR
T1 - Time to expand risk evaluation systems for cardiac surgery? Looking beyond physiological parameters
AU - Cromhout, Pernille F
AU - Moons, Philip
AU - Thygesen, Lau C
AU - Nashef, Samer
AU - Damgaard, Sune
AU - Berg, Selina Kikkenborg
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Risk assessment in cardiac surgery traditionally consists of medical and physiological parameters. However, non-physiological factors have also been found to be predictive of poor outcomes following cardiac surgery. Therefore, the isolated focus on physiological parameters is questionable. This paper describes the emotional, behavioural, social and functional factors that have been established to play a role in outcomes following cardiac surgery. This forms a basis for future research, testing the value of these factors above and beyond the physiological parameters. By including such non-physiological factors, the accuracy of the existing risk scoring systems could potentially be improved.
AB - Risk assessment in cardiac surgery traditionally consists of medical and physiological parameters. However, non-physiological factors have also been found to be predictive of poor outcomes following cardiac surgery. Therefore, the isolated focus on physiological parameters is questionable. This paper describes the emotional, behavioural, social and functional factors that have been established to play a role in outcomes following cardiac surgery. This forms a basis for future research, testing the value of these factors above and beyond the physiological parameters. By including such non-physiological factors, the accuracy of the existing risk scoring systems could potentially be improved.
U2 - 10.1177/1474515118783835
DO - 10.1177/1474515118783835
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29895166
SN - 1474-5151
VL - 17
SP - 760
EP - 766
JO - European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
JF - European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
IS - 8
ER -