Effect of gender on fast-track recovery after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effects of gender on time to extubation after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and intensive care unit and hospital length of stay.


METHODS
Retrospective study comparing outcomes as related to gender.


METHODS
Tertiary care university teaching hospital.


METHODS
Consecutive patients (n = 561; 376 men, 185 women) undergoing CABG surgery between January 1995 and December 1997.


METHODS
None.


RESULTS
Early extubation was possible in 74% of men versus 64% of women (p = 0.03); length of stay was < or =5 days in 60% of men versus 48% of women (p = 0.008); overall postoperative length of stay was 5.7 days for men versus 6.5 days for women (p = 0.003); morbidity and mortality were not significantly different between groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Women undergoing CABG surgery with a standardized fast-track protocol have longer intubation times, intensive care unit length of stay, and hospital length of stay than their male counterparts.
Capdeville
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Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 44106-5007, USA. michelle.capdeville@uhhs.com
Lee
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Taylor
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D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D003250:Constriction; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D016896:Treatment Outcome