title: The EuroSCORE as predictor for prolonged hospital and intensive care stay after cardiac surgery?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Validation of the EuroSCORE as predictor for a prolonged hospital and intensive care stay after CABG vs. institution-specific scoring systems.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the evaluation of a prolonged hospital stay, 3359 patients were included in the analysis of EuroSCORE vs. the CORRAD morbidity score. For a prolonged intensive care stay, 1638 patients were included in the analysis of the EuroSCORE vs. the PICUS score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in hospital stay between the three different EuroSCORE risk groups. The difference in hospital stay between the high-risk and low-risk groups, identified by the CORRAD morbidity score, was significant (6.9 vs.11.2 days). For a prolonged intensive care stay, the patients identified as high risk by the EuroSCORE and by the PICUS score also had a significantly longer intensive care stay; however, the discriminatory power was low.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The EuroSCORE is not of value as a predictive system for a prolonged hospital stay. There is a relation between the high-risk patients identified by the EuroSCORE and a prolonged intensive care stay.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Noyez
authors.forename: D P B
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: R M H J
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Brouwer
keywords: EuroSCORE; coronary bypass surgery; hospital stay; intensive care stay; prediction