Asuzu DT, et al. - Researchers aimed at determining the accuracy of the Revised Cardiac Risk Index for predicting cardiovascular complications after adhesiolysis for small bowel obstruction. Analyzing 34,032 cases of open or laparoscopic adhesiolysis (Current Procedural Terminology codes 44005 and 44180) for small bowel obstruction (International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition [ICD-10]) using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataset, researchers noted that the Revised Cardiac Risk Index performed poorly as a predictor of cardiovascular complications after adhesiolysis for small bowel obstruction despite its relative simplicity. Findings thereby do not support the utility of the Revised Cardiac Risk Index in this patient population.