Clinical Study
Adherence to All Steps of a Pain Management Protocol in Intensive Care Patients after Cardiac Surgery Is Hard to Achieve
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
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| Male, (%) | 92 (74%) | Age, years, median [IQR] | 69 [64 to 78] | BMI, kg/m2, median [IQR] | 27 [24 to 29] | Type of surgery, (%)
| | CABG and valve surgery
| 55 (44%)
| Aortic surgery | 25 (20%) | CABG
| 19 (15%)
| Valve surgery
| 25 (20%)
| LOS ICU, hours, median [IQR] | 47 [26 to 74] | Duration of mechanical ventilation, hours [IQR] | 10 [7 to 15] |
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IQR = interquartile range, BMI = body mass index, CABG = coronary artery bypass graft, LOS = length of stay, and ICU = intensive care unit.
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