Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Dec 2018
Observational StudyPrediction of Patient Length of Stay on the Intensive Care Unit Following Cardiac Surgery: A Logistic Regression Analysis Based on the Cardiac Operative Mortality Risk Calculator, EuroSCORE.
The aim of this study was to develop a statistical model based on patient parameters to predict the length of stay (LOS) in the intensive care unit (ICU) following cardiac surgery in a single center. ⋯ This analysis of an extensive data set shows that patient LOS in ICU after cardiac surgery in a single center can be predicted accurately using the simple cardiac operative risk scoring tool EuroSCORE. Using such predictions has the potential to improve ICU resource management.