Patient selection: catheter ablation
Outcome: any complication (vascular, cardiac, pulmonary, cerebrovascular, shock, septicemia, in-hospital mortality)
Parameters:
(1) age in years
(2) sex
(3) coagulopathy
(4) chronic liver disease
(5) chronic kidney disease with electrolyte abnormalities
(6) acuity of admission
(7) cerebrovascular accident
(8) coronary artery disease
(9) peripheral vascular disease
|
Parameter
|
Finding
|
Points
|
|
age in years
|
<= 65 years
|
0
|
|
|
> 65 years
|
2
|
|
sex
|
male
|
0
|
|
|
female
|
1
|
|
coagulopathy
|
absent
|
0
|
|
|
present
|
5
|
|
chronic liver disease
|
absent
|
0
|
|
|
present
|
5
|
|
chronic kidney disease
|
absent
|
0
|
|
|
present
|
5
|
|
acuity of admission
|
emergency
|
3
|
|
|
non-emergency
|
0
|
|
cerebrovascular accident
|
absent
|
0
|
|
|
present
|
3
|
|
coronary artery disease
|
absent
|
0
|
|
|
present
|
2
|
|
peripheral vascular disease
|
absent
|
0
|
|
|
present1
|
1
|
total score =
= SUM(points for all 9 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 27
• The higher the score the greater the risk for complicaitons.
|
Total Score
|
Risk Group
|
Percent Complications
|
|
0
|
0 (low)
|
2.7%
|
|
1 to 5
|
1
|
10%
|
|
6 to 10
|
2
|
21%
|
|
>= 11
|
3 (high)
|
>= 31%
|
where:
• According to Figure 2, the percent of complications in Group 3 can reach almost 80%.
