Knowledge of risk factors for prolonged ICU stay after pediatric cardiac surgery may improve organizational procedures and patient management.
May guide ICU resource planning after pediatric cardiac surgery; leaves open whether risk-factor interventions shorten stays.
Some patients with a risk of prolonged hospitalization may be identified preoperatively, the others just after the operation. Optimizing preoperative status and aggressive treatment of complications may have significant influence on the duration of hospitalization in intensive care units. The knowledge of risk factors may facilitate organizational procedures and rational bed management.
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