Demographic data • Name and contact details • Date of birth • Sex • Marital status • Height and weight • Occupation status • Education status • Smoking history • Past medical history and comorbidity index (Charlson comorbidity index) • Functional history (including pre-morbid functional level, use of gait aids, dominant upper limb) • Date of admission to and discharge from acute setting | |
Pre-, intra- and post-operative variables • Date of cardiac surgery • Clinical information (left ventricular function, Canadian Cardiovascular Society functional classification, co-morbidities, graft type) • Type of cardiac surgery (including whether it was an emergency or elective procedure) • Other intra-operative details (including method of sternal closure, cardiopulmonary bypass time, operation time, adverse events) • Date of admission to and discharge from intensive care unit post-operatively • Risk factors for pre-, intra- and post-operative (i.e., duration of mechanical ventilation) • Type and use of pain medication (pre- and post-operatively) • Type and use of other medications (pre- and post-operatively) • Date of admission to and discharge from acute physiotherapy services • Details of physiotherapy treatment (including exercises and education provided) • Other adverse events during hospital admission (pre- and post-operatively leading to increase in length of stay); this includes superficial sternal infection, deep sternal infection, re-wiring, re-operation, pneumonia as defined in the Australian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) data • Date of readmission |