Validation of Blood Transfusion Risk Scores (TRACK and TRUST) in a Cardiac Surgery Service in Brazil

Autor: Cristiano Berardo Carneiro da Cunha, Verônica Soares Monteiro, Diogo Luiz de Magalhães Ferraz, Rodrigo Mezzalira Tchaick, Jeú Delmondes de Carvalho Júnior, Igor Tiago Correia Silva, Fernando Augusto Marinho dos Santos Figueira, Lívia Barbosa Andrade
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-9741
DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2022-0156
Popis: ABSTRACT Introduction: Transfusion of red blood cells is recurrent in cardiac surgery despite the well-established deleterious effects. Identifying patients with higher chances of requiring blood transfusion is essential to apply strategic preventive measures to reduce such chances, considering the restricted availability of this product. The most used risk scores to predict blood transfusion are the Transfusion Risk and Clinical Knowledge (TRACK) and Transfusion Risk Understanding Scoring Tool (TRUST). However, these scores were not validated for the Brazilian population. The objective of this study was to assess the accuracy of TRACK and TRUST scores in estimating the need for postoperative transfusion of red blood cell concentrates (TRBCC) after cardiac surgery. Methods: A clinical retrospective study was conducted using the database of a Brazilian reference service composed of patients operated between November 2019 and September 2021. Scores were compared using Mann-Whitney U test. Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test assessed calibration of the scores. Accuracy was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). All analyses considered a level of significance of 5%. The study was approved by the research ethics committee (CAAE 55577421.4.0000.5201). Results: This study assessed 498 patients. Only the TRACK score presented good calibration (P=0.238; TRUST P=0.034). AUC of TRACK was 0.678 (95% confidence interval 0.63 to 0.73; P
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