ea0007p35 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | BES2004
Cawood T
, O'Shea D
, Dowd N
, McGovern E
, Tolan M
, Young V
, O'Connell M
, Lyons F
IntroductionWe aimed to establish whether Body Mass Index (BMI) affected outcomes including duration of intensive care stay and in-hospital mortality following cardiac surgery in an Irish cardiac surgery centre.MethodsA retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of 1055 cardiac surgery patients from June 2001 to June 2003 was carried out.ResultsBMI (kg/m2) dat...