Revised cardiac risk index in predicting cardiovascular complications in patients receiving chronic kidney replacement therapy undergoing elective general surgery

• Published in: Perioperative medicine (London) Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 70 - 9
• Main Authors: Palamuthusingam, Dharmenaan, Pascoe, Elaine M., Hawley, Carmel M., Johnson, David Wayne, Fahim, Magid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.07.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Australia; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Complications and side effects; Dialysis; Heart attack; Kidney transplant; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mortality; New Zealand; Organ transplant recipients; Perioperative medicine; Perioperative risk; Postoperative outcomes; Risk factors; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc; New Zealand; Australia; Perioperative risk; Cardiovascular disease; Dialysis; Kidney transplant; Perioperative medicine; Postoperative outcomes

The Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) is a six-parameter model that is commonly used in assessing individual 30-day perioperative cardiovascular risk before general surgery, but its use in patients on chronic kidney replacement therapy (KRT) is unvalidated. This study aimed to externally validate RC...