International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Uta Fah

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• Research Article
  Does EuroSCORE Predict intensity of Postoperative Care and Rehabilitation Parameters? A Prospective Evaluation
  Author(s): Volkhard Gober, Uta Fah, Dorothee Keller, Hugo Saner, Thierry P. Carrel and Lars Englberger Volkhard Gober, Uta Fah, Dorothee Keller, Hugo Saner, Thierry P. Carrel and Lars Englberger
  
  Objective: An increasing number of elderly and multi-morbid patients undergo cardiac surgery which results in increased postoperative morbidity, prolonged Intensive Care Unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) and higher hospital costs. We aimed to evaluate the model of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) for the prediction of ICU LOS, hospital LOS, required daily nursing effort, and the type of cardiac rehabilitation. Methods: Prospective observational evaluation of 505 consecutive adult patients (mean age 65.1 ± 12.1 years, 25.7% female) who underwent cardiac and/or thoracic aortic thoracic surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB). Results: Median additive and logistic EuroSCORE was 5 (Interquartile Range (IQR) 3-7) and 5.8 (IQR 2.6-14.1), respectively. In univariate analysis both additive and logistic EuroSCORE were significantly a.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.S5-007

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