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VSGNE Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (RAAA) of Robinson et al

Description

The Vascular Study Group of New England (VSGNE) reported the Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (RAAA) score for a patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. The authors are from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Boston University.


Patient selection: ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

 

Parameters at the time of presentation:

(1) age in years

(2) cardiac arrest

(3) loss of consciousness

(4) suprarenal clamp

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

age in years

<= 76 years

0

 

> 76 years

2

cardiac arrest

no

0

 

yes

2

loss of consciousness

no

0

 

yes

1

suprarenal clamp

no

0

 

yes

1

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all 4 parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 0

• maximum score: 6

 

Total Score

Mortality Rate

0

8%

1

24%

2

38%

3

60%

4

80%

5 or 6

87%

 

Performance:

• The area under the ROC curve is 0.79.


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