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ArticleDer Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen2019

[The DIGG risk score : A risk predictive model of perioperative mortality after elective treatment of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms in the DIGG register].

M Steffen, T Schmitz-Rixen, G Jung, D Böckler, R T Grundmann, das Deutsche Institut für Gefäßmedizinische Gesundheitsforschung gGmbH (DIGG)

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Article in Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. [The quality assurance and device register of the German Institute for Vascular Medicine Health Research (DGG) in the COVID-19 era, big data and artificial intelligence].Gefasschirurgie : Zeitschrift fur vaskulare und endovaskulare Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Gefasschirurgie unter Mitarbeit der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft fur Gefasschirurgie · 2022
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  3. Endovascular and Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

M SteffenKlinikum Saarbrücken gGmbH, Winterberg 1, 66119, Saarbrücken, Deutschland.
T Schmitz-RixenKlinik für Gefäß- und Endovascularchirurgie, Universitäres Wundzentrum, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/M, Deutschland.
G JungKlinik für Gefäß- und Endovascularchirurgie, Klinikum der Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.
D BöcklerKlinik für Gefäßchirurgie und Endovaskuläre Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
R T GrundmannDeutsches Institut für Gefäßmedizinische Gesundheitsforschung (DIGG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie und Gefäßmedizin, Berlin, Deutschland. grundmann@medsachverstand.de.
das Deutsche Institut für Gefäßmedizinische Gesundheitsforschung gGmbH (DIGG)
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEDeutsche Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie und Gefäßmedizin · DEHeidelberg University · DEKlinikum Saarbrücken · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of the study was to develop a specific risk score for the aortic register of the German Institute for Vascular Health Care Research (DIGG) of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine (DGG) for the prediction of postoperative mortality in elective treatment of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms (iAAA). The score should also enable a risk-adjusted presentation of the register results in the near future.

methodsThe method of binary logistic regression analysis was used to calculate the model. The data from 10,404 patients were included in the analysis, of whom 7870 (75.6%) were treated by endovascular (EVAR) and 2534 (24.4%) by open (OR) aortic repair. It was examined which factors have an independent influence on hospital mortality and the effect size was determined as a score.

resultsFor EVAR, the influencing factors with their effect sizes (score in brackets) were: age >85 years (2), female gender (2), juxtarenal AAA (5), maximum diameter >65 mm (2), diabetes mellitus (2), American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score >3 (2), cardiac comorbidities (3) and renal insufficiency stage >3 (5). For OR the factors were: age >80 years (2), female gender (2), juxtarenal AAA (2), ASA score >3 (3), previous myocardial infarction (2), renal comorbidities (3) and previous stroke (2). The estimated hospital mortality was calculated for the individual case from the sum of the risk factors (scores). The accuracy of the model (correlation between observed and expected results) was determined using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. An area under the curve (AUC) of 0.817 (confidence interval 0.789-0.844) demonstrated an excellent discrimination. In a validation group of 3831 patients, the good agreement between observed and calculated results was confirmed.

conclusionThe DIGG risk score can predict risk-adjusted hospital mortality after EVAR and OR of iAAA in the DIGG register. Improvements with respect to the prediction are desirable for OR and should be strived for by extending the model in the future.

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Aortic Aneurysm, AbdominalBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationEndovascular ProceduresElective Surgical ProceduresHumansRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeAbdominal aortic aneurysmEndovascular repairHospital mortalityOpen repairRisk prediction

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