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The AFC Score: Validation of a 4-Item Predicting Score of Postoperative Mortality After Colorectal Resection for Cancer or Diverticulitis

Arnaud Alvès, Yves Panís, Georges Mantion, K. Slim, Fabrice Kwiatkowski, Éric Vicaut

Annals of Surgery · 2007 · 118 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

The present prospective study validated the AFC score as a pertinent predictive score of postoperative mortality after colorectal surgery. Because it is based on only 4 risk factors, the AFC score can be used in daily practice.

References

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A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases.

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Engineering, Generalizability Theory, Biometrics +17

Goodness of fit tests for the multiple logistic regression model

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Several Test Statistics, Test Statistics, Econometrics +6

POSSUM: A scoring system for surgical audit

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Auditing, Surgical Audit, Surgical Quality Control +14

What do we mean by validating a prognostic model?

Douglas G. Altman, Patrick Royston · Statistics in Medicine · 2000 · 1.4K citations

Preoperative Serum Albumin Level as a Predictor of Operative Mortality and Morbidity

James O. Gibbs · Archives of Surgery · 1999 · 972 citations