Intensive care unit (ICU) costs comprise a significant proportion of the total inpatient charges
for cardiac surgery. No reliable method for predicting intensive care unit length of stay
following cardiac surgery exists, making appropriate staffing and resource allocation
challenging. We sought to develop a predictive model to anticipate prolonged ICU length of
stay (LOS). All patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and/or valve
surgery with a Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) predicted risk score were evaluated from …