Risk Factors for Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay After Open Heart Surgery in Adults

Authors :: Fatma Zekiye Aşkar
Muzaffer Tunç
Cengiz Şahutoğlu
Nursen Karaca
Seden Kocabaş
Ege Üniversitesi
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Aves, 2018.
Abstract: Objective: Prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay prevents the use of ICU equipment by other patients and increases hospital cost. This retrospective study aimed to investigate the risk factors for prolonged ICU stay in patients undergoing open heart surgery. Methods: The medical records of 513 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and valvular heart surgery were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups based on their ICU stay: groups I (<br />15.03.2012<br />Ethics Committee Approval: Ethics committee approval was received for this study from the Clinical Research Ethical Committee of Ege University School of Medicine (Date: 06.04.2015, No: 15-3/12).

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