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Prediction of results in open heart surgery

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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.

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  1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

    Mitchell Mills M.D.; MC, USN (Chairman)

  2. Department of Religious Activity, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

    Donald Mimbs B. D., CHC, USNR (members) &  Edward E. Jayne D. Min., CHC, USN (members)

  3. Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York

    Robert B. Reeves Jr. S.T.M.

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The opinions or assertions contained in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy Department or the Naval Service at large.

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Mills, M., Mimbs, D., Jayne, E.E. et al. Prediction of results in open heart surgery. J Relig Health 14, 159–164 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01534041

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