Effects of smoking habit and diagnosed COPD on intensive care unit stay length of surgically treated coronary artery and obstructive peripheral arterial disease patients
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Ersin Çelik, İsmail Yürekli, Ufuk Yetkin, Habib Çakir, Köksal Dönmez, Metin Gümüş, Rahika Durusoy, Ali Gürbüz
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, International, WoS, 2015, vol 10
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-10-s1-a227
Summary
Mean age of 868 coronary artery disease patients were 63,86 ± 11,17 (between 21-91 years) and 268 peripheral arterial disease patients were 65,44 ± 10,37 (between 21-92 years). There were 47 COPD patients in 868 patients who underwent surgery for coronary artery disease. In addition, 490 patients were active smoker and 378 were not using tobacco products. Mean Intensive care unit stay for COPD patients was 4,81 day and 3,06 day for patients without COPD. This difference was significant (p < 0.05).There were 31 COPD patients in 268 patients who underwent surgery for peripheral arterial disease. In this group, 172 patients were active smoker and 96 were not smoking. Mean Intensive care unit stay for COPD patients was significantly longer in COPD group (p < 0.05).