title: Prediction of results in open heart surgery.
abstract: One hundred candidates for open heart surgery were rated preoperatively by means of an Acceptance Scale. The rating was found to have a strong correlation with the result of surgery. It is believed that the scale is sufficiently predictive to allow identification of a high-risk group of patients who should receive an intensive ministry before they are operated on. The scale is probably applicable to a very broad variety of surgical patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mimbs
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Jayne
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Reeves