The app is designed to be user-friendly, allowing for quick risk evaluations at the bedside or while on the move. Credit: PreciousJ/Shutterstock.

American not-for-profit organisation The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has introduced the STS Risk Calculator App, a mobile application designed to provide real-time access to its range of adult cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery risk calculators.

Intended for surgeons and multidisciplinary medical professionals, the app draws on data from the STS National Database and can be accessed via iOS and Android platforms.

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This database is a resource containing around ten million cardiothoracic procedures carried out by more than 4,300 surgeons, utilising the same statistical models found in STS’ online risk calculators.

The STS Risk Calculator App is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly, allowing for quick risk evaluations at the bedside or while on the move.

This real-time access to data is pivotal in supporting informed clinical decisions and enhancing the quality of care delivered to individuals.

The app includes individualised risk assessments for cardiac procedures such as isolated tricuspid valve repair and replacement, and multi-valve surgery with or without coronary artery bypass grafting.

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It also predicts outcomes such as stroke, death, renal failure, and hospital stay periods.

STS president Joseph Sabik III said: “Having immediate access to reliable, evidence-based risk assessment tools is critical for improving surgical decision-making and patient outcomes.

“This mobile application ensures that up-to-date, risk-adjusted data is always within reach, bringing the power of the STS National Database to surgeons and care teams wherever and whenever they need it.”

STS noted that the Esophagectomy Risk Calculator offers 30-day risk evaluations for oesophageal cancer patients while the Lung Cancer Resection Risk Calculator will estimate 30-day postoperative risks for lung cancer resection procedures, including segmentectomy, lobectomy, or wedge resection.

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