TY - JOUR AU - Fernandez-Zamora, Maria Dolores AU - Gordillo-Brenes, Antonio AU - Banderas-Bravo, Esther AU - Arboleda-Sánchez, José Andrés AU - Hinojosa-Pérez, Rafael AU - Aguilar-Alonso, Eduardo AU - Herruzo-Aviles, Ángel AU - Curiel-Balsera, Emilio AU - Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel AU - Rivera-Fernández, Ricardo AU - ARIAM Andalucía Group PY - 2018 DO - 10.4187/respcare.04915 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12064 T2 - Respiratory care AB - Mortality among the small percentage of cardiac surgery patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation is high, but this issue appears to be inadequately addressed in guidelines. This study is a retrospective analysis of prospective,... LA - en KW - cardiac surgery KW - mechanical ventilation KW - mortality KW - severity KW - Aged KW - Cardiac Surgical Procedures KW - Cause of Death KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Intensive Care Units KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Multiple Organ Failure KW - Operative Time KW - Postoperative Complications KW - Prospective Studies KW - Respiration, Artificial KW - Risk Factors KW - Sepsis KW - Spain KW - Time Factors TI - Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation as a Predictor of Mortality After Cardiac Surgery. TY - research article VL - 63 ER -