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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Early extubation after isolated coronary artery bypass surgery was assessed retrospectively in 545 of 779 patients treated by the same surgical team over one year. All underwent extubation within 10 hr of arrival at the cardiothoracic intensive care unit: 343 in < 6 hr and 202 in 6-10 hr. Operative mortality was 2.2%. Group comparisons revealed that patients who had earlier extubation were younger (61 vs. 66 years; p < 0.001), more likely to be male (72.5% vs. 61.3%; p < 0.05), with a shorter aortic crossclamp time (49.2 +/- 15.0 vs. 53.3 +/- 14.0 min; p < 0.05), cardiopulmonary bypass time (65 +/- 18.4 vs. 72.2 +/- 19.2 min; p < 0.05), intensive care unit stay (18.8 +/- 5.6 vs. 22.4 +/- 3.2 hr; p < 0.05) and postoperative hospital stay (5.2 +/- 2.2 vs. 6.0 +/- 2.4 days; p = 0.01). Extubation < 6 hr after cardiopulmonary bypass may accelerate recovery. The finding of no significant differences in clinical parameters between the groups suggests that efforts to further reduce the time to extubation might be worthwhile.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1816-5370
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Optimizing early extubation after coronary surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. georgios@ahi.com.cy
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study