The Inadequate Oxygen Delivery Index and Low Cardiac Output Syndrome Score As Predictors of Adverse Events Associated With Low Cardiac Output Syndrome Early After Cardiac Bypass*

Abstract

Although inadequate oxygen delivery is an Food and Drug Administration approved indicator of risk for low mixed venous oxygen saturation, early postoperative average values were not linked with medium-term adverse events. The indicators included in the modified Low Cardiac Output Syndrome Score had a much stronger association with the specified adverse events.