Correlation between EuroSCORE and intensive care unit length of stay after coronary surgery.
2011
During the last several years many authors have found that the European
System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation is useful in the prediction of
not only postoperative mortality but also of the length of stay in the
intensive care unit, complication rate and overall treatment expenses. This
study included 329 patients who had undergone isolated surgical myocardial
revascularization at our Department during the period from January 1st to
June 6th, 2008. For the operative risk evaluation, the additive European
System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluaion was used. In group I (low risk
0-2%) there were 144 patients (43.7%), whereas group II (medium risk 3-5%)
and group III (high risk ≥ 6%) included 141 (42.8%) and 44 (13.4%) patients,
respectively. The length of stay in the intensive care unit was 25.56, 32.43
and 49.59 hours for groups I, II and III, respectively. The difference in the
mean length of stay in the intensive care unit between the groups was highly
statistically significant (p<0.001) with a positive correlation (R=0.193;
p<0.001). There is a positive correlation in patients who had undergone
surgical myocardial revascularization in terms of operative risk expressed by
the additive European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation and length
of stay in the intensive care unit, total intubation period and development
of early postoperative complications.
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