Managing risk to improve cardiac surgical outcomes

Mortality and quality of cardiac surgery are inextricably linked. Mortality can be a suitable measure of the quality of the service as long as risk is taken into account, using one of a variety of available risk models. The measurement of risk adjusted mortality can provide the tools with which to improve cardiac surgical outcomes, as well as open up an exciting area of future study to identify where further improvements can be made.

Crit Care Resusc 2007; 9: 323–326

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