EuroSCORE II: Explanation and Clinical Context EuroSCORE II is a comprehensive, validated scoring system used to estimate 30-day mortality risk following cardiac surgery. It uses logistic regression with 18 variables, including patient demographics, comorbidities, cardiac status, urgency of surgery, and type of procedure.
This precise model allows individualized risk prediction, aiding clinicians in decision-making, patient counseling, surgical planning, and benchmarking outcomes across centers.
Reference:
Nashef SA, Roques F, Sharples LD, et al. EuroSCORE II. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012;41:734-745. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezs043