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Akshat Saxena1, Vikrant Dhurandhar2, Paul G Bannon2
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Surgery, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Abstract:
Risk assessment tools are increasingly used in surgery. In cardiac surgery, risk models are used for patient counselling, surgical decision-making, performance benchmarking, clinical research, evaluation of new therapies and quality assurance, among others. However, they have numerous disadvantages which need to be considered. This article evaluates the utility of risk assessment tools in cardiac surgery including a discussion of their advantages and disadvantages.
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