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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1262-1263
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Invited commentary

Ryan R. Davies, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 177 Fort Washington Ave, 7GN-435, New York, NY 10032

(Email: rrd9001@nyp.org).

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Validation of scoring systems for specific clinical situations is valuable because it may guide decisions regarding the initiation of advanced invasive cardiac or respiratory support in addition to providing early prognostic information for realistic discussions with patients and families.

Lin and colleagues [1] compare the precision of five scoring systems in predicting hospital mortality in adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): (1) APACHE IV, (2) APACHE III, (3) APACHE II, (4) RIFLE, and (5) SOFA). Cardiogenic shock was the most . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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