Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay in Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors and Long-Term- Survival Ortrud Vargas Hein, MD, Jürgen Birnbaum, MD, Klaus Wernecke, MD, Michael England, MD, Wolfgang Konertz, MD, Claudia Spies, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 3, Pages 880-885 (March 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.077 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier survival curve for the follow-up period of 3 years after surgery for patients (n = 651) with an intensive care unit (ICU) stay greater than 3 days (survival, 66%; 95% confidence interval for survival time, 729.68 to 802.97) and patients (n = 1,912) with an intensive care unit stay 3 days or less (survival, 91%; 95% confidence interval for survival time, 1,010.31 to 1,033.26). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 880-885DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.077) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curve for the period 6 months after surgery until 3 years follow-up for the patients (n = 475) with an intensive care unit (ICU) stay greater than 3 days (survival, 90%; 95% confidence interval for survival time, 1,017.46 to 1,054.49) and the patients (n = 1,820) with an intensive care unit stay 3 days or less (survival, 95%; 95% confidence interval for survival time, 1,064.19 to 1,076.81). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 880-885DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.09.077) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions