Structural, Nursing, and Physician Characteristics and 30-Day Mortality for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery in Pennsylvania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cardiac surgery ICU characteristics and clinician staffing patterns have not been well characterized. We sought to describe Pennsylvania cardiac ICUs and to determine whether ICU characteristics are associated with mortality in the 30 days after cardiac surgery.

Design

From 2012 to 2013, we conducted a survey of cardiac surgery ICUs in Pennsylvania to assess ICU structure, care practices, and clinician staffing patterns. ICU data were linked to an administrative database of cardiac surgery patient discharges. We used logistic regression to measure the association between ICU variables and death in 30 days.

Setting

Cardiac surgery ICUs in Pennsylvania.

Patients

Patients having coronary artery bypass grafting and/or cardiac valve repair or replacement f

SUBMITTER: Lane-Fall MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5561002 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature