Schmidt M, Burrell A, Roberts L, et al. Predicting survival after ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock: the survival after veno-arterial-ECMO (SAVE)-score. Eur Heart J. 2015;36(33):2246-56.

Chen WC, Huang KY, Yao CW, et al. The modified SAVE score: predicting survival using urgent veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation within 24 hours of arrival at the emergency department. Crit Care. 2016;20(1):336.

Dr. Matthieu Schmidt

//vars
var calc_output = [];
var myo = parseFloat(myo);
var vt = parseFloat(vt);
var post = parseFloat(post);
var heart = parseFloat(heart);
var age = parseFloat(age);
var weight = parseFloat(weight);
var liver = parseFloat(liver);
var cns = parseFloat(cns);
var renal = parseFloat(renal);
var chronic = parseFloat(chronic);
var duration = parseFloat(duration);
var peak = parseFloat(peak);
var arrest = parseFloat(arrest);
var dbp = parseFloat(dbp);
var pulse = parseFloat(pulse);
var hco = parseFloat(hco);

//score
var score = myo + vt + post + heart + age + weight + liver + cns + renal + chronic + duration + peak + arrest + dbp + pulse + hco;
 
score = score - 6;

//risk
var risk, surv;
if (score > 5) {
 risk = 'I';
 surv = '75';
} else if (score >= 1 && score <= 5) {
 risk = 'II';
 surv = '58';
} else if (score >= -4 && score <= 0) {
 risk = 'III';
 surv = '42';
} else if (score >= -9 && score <= -5) {
 risk = 'IV';
 surv = '30';
} else if (score <= -10) {
 risk = 'V';
 surv = '18';
}

//results
calc_output.push({
 name: 'mini',
 value: score,
 value_text: 'points',
 message: surv + '% survival' 
});
calc_output.push({
 name: 'Score',
 value: score,
 value_text: 'points',
 message: 'SAVE Score'
});
calc_output.push({
 name: 'Score',
 value: 'Class ' + risk,
 value_text: '',
 message: 'Risk class' 
});
calc_output.push({
 name: 'Score',
 value: surv,
 value_text: '%',
 message: 'In-hospital survival' 
});

SAVE (Survival after Veno-Arterial ECMO) Score

weight

post

heart

renal

chronic

duration

peak

arrest

pulse

liver

Predicts in-hospital survival in adult patients after VA ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock.

Survival after VA ECMO for cardiogenic shock.

SAVE Score for ECMO

Christopher Tainter, MD, RDMS, is an intensivist and emergency physician at the University of California, San Diego. Raised in Seattle, Dr. Tainter received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine. He then completed an emergency medicine residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and a fellowship in anesthesia critical care medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the fellowship director for UCSD's emergency medicine/anesthesia critical care medicine fellowship program.

Christopher Tainter, MD, RDMS

The Survival after Veno-Arterial ECMO (SAVE) Score predicts survival in adult patients after ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock.

RESP Score for ECMO

PRESET Score

Shock Index, Pediatric Age-Adjusted (SIPA)

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