Very Prolonged Stay in the Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Operations: Early Results and Late Survival Shuli Silberman, MD, Daniel Bitran, MD, Daniel Fink, MD, Rachel Tauber, MPH, Ofer Merin, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 1, Pages 15-22 (July 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.103 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Operative mortality as a function of length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). (d = day; w = week.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 15-22DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.103) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Late survival of discharged patients as a function of length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Overall, survival was reduced in correlation with length of intensive care unit stay. (d = day; w = week.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 15-22DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.01.103) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions