Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders
Dec 26, 2024
OBJECTIVE: Varicose vein ablation is generally indicated in patients with active/healed venous ulcers. However, patient selection for intervention in individuals without venous ulcers is less clear. Tools that predict lack of clinical improvement (LC...
INTRODUCTION: As surgical accessibility improves, the incidence of postoperative complications is expected to rise. The implementation of a precise and objective risk stratification tool holds the potential to mitigate these complications by early id...
INTRODUCTION: Congenital heart disease (CHD) represents the most common group of congenital anomalies, constitutes a significant contributor to the burden of non-communicable diseases, highlighting the critical need for improved risk assessment tools...
BACKGROUND: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a common severe complication after radical nephrectomy in patients with renal cancer. The timely and accurate prediction of the long-term progression of renal function post-surgery is crucial for early inte...
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Dec 16, 2024
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between preoperative cystatin C levels and the risk of serious postoperative complications in esophageal cancer (EC) patients, utilizing advanced machine learning (ML) methodolo...
BACKGROUND: Postoperative pneumonia, a prevalent form of hospital-acquired pneumonia, poses significant risks to patients' prognosis and even their lives. This study aimed to develop and validate a predictive model for postoperative pneumonia in surg...
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Dec 9, 2024
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) on 30-day mortality following cardiac surgery and develop a machine learning model to predict SIRS.
BACKGROUND: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a serious postoperative complication among older adult surgical patients that frequently develops into sepsis or even death. Notably, the incidences of SIRS and sepsis steadily increase wi...
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Perioperative risk scores aim to risk-stratify patients to guide their evaluation and management. Several scores are established in clinical practice, but often do not generalize well to new data and require ongoing updates to impr...
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Nov 19, 2024
BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are among the most morbid acute orthopaedic injuries often due to accompanying patient frailty. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of assessing surgical risk after hip fracture through machine learnin...
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