Acute Noncardiovascular Illness in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Fifty years after the inception of the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), noncardiovascular illnesses have become more prevalent and may contribute to morbidity and mortality.The authors performed multivariate statistical analyses to determine the association of acute noncardiovascular illnesses with outcomes, including length of stay (LOS), mortality, and hospital readmission.We studied 1,042 admissions between October 12, 2013 and November...