Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Predictors of Prolonged Length of Stay in General Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
The aims of this study were to explore the incidence, clinical factors, severity scores and outcome associated with prolonged length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay >3 days. ⋯ About one-fifth of the study patients had prolonged ICU stay (>3 days). Low preoperative serum albumin (<2.6 mg/dL), low preoperative hematocrit (<34%), ASA physical status class IV, underwent emergency surgery, having anesthetic complications, surgical complications, sepsis on ICU admission, having respiratory support with or without unstable hemodynamic were significantly associated with prolonged ICU stay.
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Observational Study
Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Is not a Predictor of Extubation Success after Simple Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Post-Cardiac Surgical Patients.
Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) is a measure of the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether ScvO2 predict weaning success and extubation in simple weaning postcardiac surgical patients. ⋯ ScvO2 or its combination with RSBI, PF ratio and minute volume does not predict successful weaning from mechanical ventilators and extubation in critically ill post-cardiac surgical patients.