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What are the risk factors for major gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery, and do they independently predict 30-day mortality?
What are the risk factors for major gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery, and do they independently predict 30-day mortality?
While major gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery are often lethal, they do not independently predict 30-day mortality.
May support risk stratification to prevent GI complications after cardiac surgery; leaves open effects on 30-day mortality.
Nine risk factors for the development of major gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery were identified. Gastrointestinal complications were often lethal but did not independently predict death within 30 days.
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