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Ann Thorac Surg 2010;89:495-496. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.022
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Jessica Hathaway, MD, Andrew Shaw, MD, FRCA

Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27710

(Email: andrew.shaw@duke.edu).

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Lagercrantz and colleagues [1] provide an interesting retrospective review of cardiac surgery patients requiring prolonged intensive care. In summary, although these patients had a high 30-day mortality rate, those that survived to hospital discharge appeared similar to age-matched controls in terms of survival and physical and mental function.

The Short Form-36 data show that although the study patients scored significantly lower than the reference group, the majority of the study group that survived to hospital discharge subsequently reported very high mental and physical functional ratings. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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