Long-Term Outcome and Predictors of Noninstitutionalized Survival Subsequent to Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay After Cardiac Surgical Procedures

BACKGROUND: There are minimal data on long-term functional survival (alive and not institutionalized) in patients undergoing cardiac operations who require a prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (prICULOS). We sought to describe 1- and 5-year functional survival in patients who had a prICULOS (ICULOS ≥ 5 days) and determine predictors of functional survival at 1 year. METHODS: Data were obtained from linked clinical and administrative …