Prediction Models for Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay After Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Roelof Ettema,
Linda M. Peelen,
Marieke J. Schuurmans,
Arno P. Nierich,
Cor J. Kalkman,
Karel G.M. Moons
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.926808
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , euroscore , cardiac surgery , confidence interval , receiver operating characteristic , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , population , predictive modelling , intensive care , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
Several models have been developed to predict prolonged stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) after cardiac surgery. However, no extensive quantitative validation of these models has yet been conducted. This study sought to identify and validate existing prediction models for prolonged ICU length of stay after cardiac surgery.
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