Key result
Prolonged ICU stay after cardiac surgery is linked to ~46% one-year survival and satisfactory functional recovery.
Why the study?
The fate of multimorbid patients undergoing cardiac surgery who require prolonged postoperative ICU treatment is poorly investigated.
What is the survival, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients requiring long-term ICU stay after cardiac surgery?
Cohort (n=119)
What is the survival, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients requiring long-term ICU stay after cardiac surgery?
Long-term ICU treatment after cardiac surgery is associated with high mortality, but survivors show encouraging physical and psychological recovery.
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High mortality after prolonged post-cardiac surgery ICU care warrants cautious prognostication; leaves open optimal selection and management strategies.
Schreier et al. (2013) conducted a cohort in Cardiac surgery requiring long-term ICU stay (n=119). ICU stay of at least 5 days after cardiac surgery was evaluated on 1-year overall survival. Long-term ICU treatment (≥5 days) after cardiac surgery was associated with 36.1% in-hospital mortality and 46.2% 1-year overall survival, with satisfactory functional recovery among survivors.
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