[Factors influencing the length of hospital stay of patients qualified for elective carotid endarterectomy].
The aim of this retrospective study was to identify the factors affecting long hospital stay of patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy. The analysis was based on 233 records of all patients operated on between 1995 and 1998. We have found that the main reasons of lengthened preoperative hospitalization were: insulin dependent diabetes and admission on the day excluding the chance of operation in a short time. Postoperatively, monitoring in intensive care unit and unfounded delay of discharge were the leading reasons of prolonged hospital stay.
Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej i Naczyniowej Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015897:Comorbidity; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors