Key result
Postoperative orientation significantly correlated with lower mortality, earlier discharge, and absence of complications (P<.01), whereas dysphoria correlated with complications (P<.01).
Population
76 patients undergoing major cardiac surgery (58 observed postoperatively)
Design
Cohort
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Postoperative behavioral assessment may stratify risk after cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Observational (n=76)
p-value: p=<.01
Postoperative behavioral factors, specifically orientation and dysphoria, are significantly correlated with clinical outcomes including mortality and complications after major cardiac surgery.
Donald M. Quinlan (1974) conducted an observational in Major cardiac surgery (n=76). Postoperative orientation and dysphoria factors was evaluated on Correlation with mortality, discharge, and complications (p=<.01). Postoperative orientation significantly correlated with lower mortality, earlier discharge, and absence of complications (P<.01), whereas dysphoria correlated with complications (P<.01).
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