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This study aimed to identify factors associated with prolonged length of stay in adult patients undergoing operations for CHD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951120001936_as2\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>This retrospective study included all adult patients (\u226518 years) who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass for their CHD from 2011 to 2016 at a tertiary-care private hospital in Pakistan. Prolonged length of stay was defined as hospital stay &gt;75th percentile of the overall cohort (&gt;8 days).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951120001936_as3\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study included 166 patients (53.6% males) with a mean age of 32.05 \u00b1 12.11 years. Comorbid disease was present in 59.0% of patients. Most patients underwent atrial septal defect repair (42.2%). A total of 38 (22.9%) patients had a prolonged length of stay. Post-operative complications occurred in 38.6% of patients. Multivariable analysis showed that pre-operative body mass index (odds ratio: 0.779; 95% confidence interval: 0.620\u20130.980), intraoperative aortic cross-clamp time (odds ratio: 1.035; 95% confidence interval: 1.009\u20131.062), and post-operative acute kidney injury (odds ratio: 7.392; 95% confidence interval: 1.036\u201352.755) were associated with prolonged length of stay.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951120001936_as4\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Predictors of prolonged length of stay include lower body mass index, longer aortic cross-clamp time, and development of post-operative acute kidney injury. 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