Assessing the accuracy of the revised Cardiac Risk Index compared to the American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status classification in predicting Pulmonary and Cardiac complications among non-cardiothoracic surgery patients at Muhimbili Na
Both the RCRI and the ASA-PS classification system demonstrated good predictive ability for cardiac and pulmonary complications among patients undergoing non-cardiothoracic surgery.
Authors
- Hervé Tshikomba Mbuyamba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9181-9796)
- Ramadhan Hassani Khamisi
- Elias Makoye Chrisant
- Frank Muhamba
- Ally Hamis Mwanga
Institutions
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- University of Mbuji Mayi (CD)
- Muhimbili National Hospital (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-024-02536-7
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80
Funders
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences