The role of the intensivist in cardiac surgical intensive care is crucial for the management of critically ill patients recovering from cardiac surgery. The intensivist, as an expert in critical care, collaborates with the surgical team to provide specialized postoperative care.
BC Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Score Calculator
BC Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Score Calculator
Score is a scoring system designed to help clinicians assess patients recovering from cardiac surgical procedures and determine their predicted 30-day mortality. It was built using data from all patients from all hospitals performing cardiac surgery in British Columbia, Canada, over a 10-year period. The score is based on preoperative and intraoperative variables and is used to predict mortality after intensive care admission following cardiac surgery.