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426 consecutive patients after cardiac surgery
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Cohort
Follow-up
Hospitalization period
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May flag high-risk cardiac surgery patients for closer monitoring; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Identifies key preoperative and intraoperative risk factors, such as low ejection fraction and history of renal failure, that predict prolonged intensive care unit and ward stays after cardiac surgery.
Atoui et al. (2008) studied this question.
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