The Prognostic Value of Calcium in Post-Cardiovascular Surgery Patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT: Background: Present researches exploring the prognostic value of calcium concentration are undermined by sample size and study design. Our study investigated the association of both total calcium (tCa) and ionized Ca (iCa) to short- and long-term mortality and other outcomes in post-cardiovascular surgery (PCS) patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) from two large public data sets. Methods: The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database and the eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU) were inspected to identify PCS patients. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality. Multivariate regression was used to elucidate the relationship between calcium concentration and outcomes. The propensity score estimation was performed to validate our finding

SUBMITTER: Bi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8523822 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature