Yuqiang Wang, Shihui Zhu, Xiaoli Liu, Bochao Zhao, Xiu Zhang, Zeruxin Luo, Peizhao Liu, Yingqiang Guo, Zhengbo Zhang, Pengming Yu
OBJECTIVES: Prolonged intubation (PI) is a frequently encountered severe complication among patients following cardiac surgery (CS). Solely concentrating on preoperative data, devoid of sufficient consideration for the ongoing impact of surgical, anesthetic, and cardiopulmonary bypass procedures on subsequent respiratory system function, could potentially compromise the predictive accuracy of disease prognosis. In response to this challenge, we formulated and externally validated an intelligible prediction model tailored for CS patients, leveraging both preoperative information and early intensive care unit (ICU) data to facilitate early prophylaxis for PI...
2024: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine