ObjectiveTo apply the InsCor in patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a university
hospital in Brazil's northeast.MethodsIt is a retrospective, quantitative and analytical study, carried out at the
University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão. InsCor
is a remodeling of two risk score models. It evaluates the prediction of
mortality through variables such as gender, age, type of surgery or
reoperation, exams, and preoperative events. Data from January to December
2015 were collected, using a Physical Therapy Evaluation Form and medical
records. Quantitative variables were expressed as mean and standard
deviation and qualitative variables as absolute and relative frequencies.
Fisher's exact and Kruskal-Wallis tests were applied, considering
significant differences when P value was < 0.05.
Calibration was performed by Hosmer-Lemeshow test.ResultsOne hundred and forty-eight patients were included. Thirty-six percent were
female, with mean age of 54.7±15.8 years and mean body mass index
(BMI) equal to 25.6 kg/m2. The most frequent surgery was coronary
artery bypass grafting (51.3%). According to InsCor, 73.6% of the patients
had low risk, 20.3% medium risk, and only 6.1% high risk. In this sample, 11
(7.4%) patients died. The percentage of death in patients classified as low,
medium and high risk was 6.3, 7.1% and 11.1%, respectively.ConclusionInsCor presented easy applicability due to the reduced number of variables
analyzed and it showed satisfactory prediction of mortality in this sample
of cardiac surgery patients.