Why the study?
Does the type of complication (cardiac vs noncardiac) affect mortality and length of stay in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass?
Population
2609 consecutive cardiac surgical patients requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)
Comparison
Development of noncardiac complications only or… vs Development of cardiac complications only
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Hospital stay
Authors
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Noncardiac complications were associated with higher mortality; hypothesis-generating for targeted prevention trials before practice change.
Does the type of complication (cardiac vs noncardiac) affect mortality and length of stay in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass?
Noncardiac complications, especially when combined with cardiac complications, significantly increase mortality and length of stay after cardiac surgery compared to cardiac complications alone.
Welsby et al. (2002) studied this question.
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