%0 Journal Article
%T Predictors of total morbidity burden on days 3, 5 and 8 after cardiac surgery
%A Hugh E. Montgomery
%A Jackie Cooper
%A Julie Sanders
%A Michael G. Mythen
%J Archive of "Perioperative Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.1186/s13741-017-0060-9
%X Post-operative morbidity affects up to 36% of cardiac surgical patients. However, few countries reliably record morbidity outcome data, despite patients wanting to be informed of all the risks associated with surgery. The Cardiac Post-Operative Morbidity Score (C-POMS) is a new tool for describing and scoring (0¨C13) total morbidity burden after cardiac surgery, derived by noting the presence/absence of 13 morbidity domains on days 3, 5, 8 and 15. Identifying modifiable C-POMS risk factors may suggest targets for intervention to reduce morbidity and healthcare costs. Thus, we explored the association of C-POMS with previously identified predictors of post-operative morbidity
%K Risk factor
%K Cardiac surgery
%K Morbidity outcome
%K C-POMS
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5307860/