Purpose: To evaluate a patient having cardiac surgery using the Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) score.			Citations with documentation. 31.01.02	Medal Project 2001. See disclaimer.
data	enter
Are you evaluating a patient who is having cardiac surgery? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
number of controlled non-cardiac medical conditions		controlled conditions
number of uncontrolled noncardiac medical conditions		uncontrolled conditions
Is the cardiac surgery being performed as an emergency procedure? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
enter an "x" in the appropriate column for each question (give only 1 answer per row)
	stable	uncontrolled	end-stage
cardiac disease				Yes	3
	noncomplex	complex	last hope
cardiac surgery				Yes	3
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
risk score	7E				7
risk category	8
estimated morbidity rate	88.7% (83.5-92.5)
estimated risk for prolonged length of stay	63.6% (52.5-73.4)
estimated mortality rate	46.2% (32.4-60.5)
	morbidity	LOS	mortality