Resource utilization in on- and off-pump coronary artery surgery: Factors influencing postoperative length of stay-an experience of 1,746 consecutive patients undergoing fast-track cardiac anesthesia

Conclusion: The authors found that patients undergoing on-pump CABG have significantly longer time to tracheal extubation, increased blood use, longer ICULOS, PLOS, and total LOS and higher in-hospital mortality, which would translate into significant differences in the expenses associated with these 2 surgical approaches to coronary surgery.