Browsing by Subject "Cardiac Surgery"
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A Data Mining Approach for Predicting Delirium After Cardiac Surgery
(2014-12-19)Of particular concern to patients is the effect of surgery upon brain functions following a surgical intervention. Indeed, post-operative neurocognitive complications occur in up to 60% of patients. Delirium is a temporary ... -
EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES ON SURGEONS’ AVAILABILITY TO OPERATE: A COMPUTER SIMULATION APPROACH
(2012-04-04)Surgical services contribute to a large proportion of a hospital’s costs and revenues thus it is important to understand key performance drivers so that resources can be distributed in an informed way. Organizational ... -
EXAMINING THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF FRAILTY DETERMINED BY A MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE, THE FRAILTY ASSESSMENT IN CARE-PLANNING TOOL (FACT), IN CARDIAC SURGERY
We assessed whether the Frailty in Care-Planning Tool (FACT) added discriminatory power to a standard cardiac surgery risk prediction model for mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACE). To date, risk prediction ... -
Precursor Events in Cardiac Surgery: Are they Associated with Post-operative Outcomes?
(2013-04-26)Background: The purpose of this study is to determine whether precursor events are associated with a post-operative composite outcome in a low-medium risk cardiac surgical population. These precursor events may be promising ...
