Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Jul 2024
Multicenter StudyPredictors, prognosis and costs of prolonged intensive care unit stay after surgery for type A aortic dissection.
The outcomes after prolonged treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery for Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD) have not been previously investigated. ⋯ Prolonged ICU stay was common after surgery for acute TAAD. However, when adjusted for multiple baseline and operative variables as well as adverse postoperative events and the cluster effect of hospitals, it was associated with favorable survival up to 5 years after surgery.