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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:181
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited commentary

Invited commentary

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1096, USA

e-mail: jhammon@wfubmc.edu

After reading this manuscript, I continue to be impressed at the ability to show significant statistical correlation between small differences in intraoperative and postoperative variables in retrospective studies with very large patient numbers. Nevertheless, these investigators are to be congratulated in putting together a polished manuscript using data from more than 5,000 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting in a 2-year period at the Cleveland Clinic. Using these data, they come to the conclusion that patients who arrive in the intensive care unit with a body core temperature of less than 36°C are more likely to have a poor postoperative . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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