Clinical and Demographic Factors Predicting Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay in Postoperative Myocardial Revascularization Patients at Hospital Universitario Mayor–Méderi

Cardiovascular diseases represent an important cause of mortality in the world, with figures of 17.9 million deaths annually according to the WHO, coronary heart disease being the most common. Myocardial revascularization has increased the life expectancy of these patients; however, these procedures are risky and largely require postoperative surveillance in the ICU, a prolonged stay in the ICU potentially increases the risk of complications and decreases the availability of beds for new patients to intervene. Although there are some known risk factors associated with increased peri- and postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization that may lead to a prolonged stay in the ICU, most studies have been carried out in Europe and North America, where the population, conditions, comorbidities and technologies differ from the environment in Latin America and Colombia.

To develop a prediction model for prolonged stay in an Intensive Care Unit in patients with postoperative myocardial revascularization at the Mayor Méderi University Hospital

A multivariate prediction model will be developed to establish factors associated with prolonged ICU stay following myocardial revascularization in our population and to conduct an analysis that leads to preventive measures in this setting to reduce mortality in patients and costs in the healthcare system