Journal article
Early Rehospitalization After Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay Post Cardiac Surgery: Outcomes and Modifiable Risk Factors
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (prICULOS) following cardiac surgery (CS) in older adults is increasingly common but rehospitalization characteristics and outcomes are understudied. We sought to describe the rehospitalization characteristics and subsequent non-institutionalized survival of prICULOS (ICULOS ≥5 days) patients and identify modifiable risk factors to decrease 30-day rehospitalization.
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Authors
Manji RA; Arora RC; Singal RK; Hiebert BM; Menkis AH
Journal
Journal of the American Heart Association, Vol. 6, No. 2,
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 2, 2017
DOI
10.1161/jaha.116.004072
ISSN
2047-9980