Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Nov 2020
Multicenter StudyA Nomogram for Predicting Long Length of Stay in The Intensive Care Unit in Patients Undergoing CABG: Results From the Multicenter E-CABG Registry.
Many papers evaluated predictive factors for prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay after cardiac surgery, but efforts in translating those models in practical clinical tools is lacking. The aim of this study was to build a new nomogram score and test its calibration and discrimination power for predicting a long length of stay in the ICU among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). ⋯ The authors defined a nomogram model that can provide an individual prediction of long length of ICU stay in cardiovascular surgical patients undergoing CABG. This type of model would allow an early recognition of high-risk patients who might receive different preoperative and postoperative treatments to improve outcomes.