Description

Tang et al reported the Vascular Biochemistry and Haematology Outcome Model (VBHOM) to predict the outcome following open abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. The authors are from the Audit Research Committee of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.


 

Patient selection: open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

 

Parameters:

(1) gender

(2) mode of admission

(3) age on admission in years

(4) blood urea in mmol/L

(5) serum sodium in mmol/L

(6) serum potassium in mmol/L

(7) hemoglobin in g/dL

(8) white blood cell (WBC) count in 10^9/L

Parameter

Finding

Points

gender

female

0

 

male

1

mode of admission

elective

0

 

nonelective

1

 

X =

= (0.1511 * (points for gender)) + (0.994 * (points for mode of admission)) + (0.05923 * (age)) + (0.001401 * (urea)) - (0.01303 * (sodium)) - (0.03585 * (potassium)) - (0.2278 * (hemoglobin)) + (0.02059 * (WBC count) - 2.257

 

risk of death =

= 1 / (1 + EXP((-1) * X))

 


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