Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Anesthesiology, Fayoum University, 63511, Fayoum, Egypt
Research Article
Value of Lung Ultrasound in Predicting Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay After Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study
Author(s): Mohamed Ahmed Hamed*, Maged Labib Boules, Rana Ahmed Abdelghaffar, Mohamed Hasan Ragab and Mahdy Ahmed Abdelhady
Background: The lung ultrasound score was predictive for prolonged intensive care stay in pediatric cardiac surgery, so
we evaluate the role of the lung ultrasound score in predicting the length of postoperative intensive care stay after adult
cardiac surgeries.
Methods: Our study collected data from 191 adult patients admitted to the ICU following elective cardiac surgery. Lung
ultrasound examinations were done after 12 hours of ICU admission, and six lung areas were examined on each side,
scoring each area. The primary outcome is to find the association between the total LUS score and the ICU length of
stay in days.
Results: We found a strong correlation between LUS total score and prolonged intensive care stay (more than 3 days) with
a median of 3 and an IQR of 3 in patients with short ICU stay com.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.22.13.1095