Risk factors for decreased cardiac output after coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective cohort study.

Background: No previous study has investigated the predictive risk factors of the nursing diagnosis of risk for decreased cardiac output after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Aims: This study aimed to identify the predictive risk factors of the nursing diagnosis of risk for decreased cardiac output after CABG.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study performed at a cardiac university hospital in São Paulo, Brazil and 257 adult patients undergoing CABG were included.