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Table 5 Postoperative variables

From: Feasibility and safety of continuous retrograde administration of Del Nido cardioplegia: a case series

Inotropes on ICU admission, number (mean ± SD)

0.93 ± 0.92

Pressors on ICU admission, number (mean ± SD)

1.50 ± 0.76

Ventilation, days (mean ± SD)

3.6 ± 6.5

PRBCs, units (mean ± SD)

2.86 ± 4.96

Post-op EF, % (mean ± SD)

45 ± 14

ICULOS, days (mean ± SD)

5.5 ± 7.4

THLOS, days (mean ± SD)

9.6 ± 8.0

Complications, n (%)

2 (14)

New arrhythmia, n (%)

5 (36)

30-days Mortality, n (%)

0 (0)

Follow-up duration, days (mean ± SD)

361 ± 356

Cumulative mortality, n (%)

0 (0)

  1. Definitions: PRBCs packed red blood cells, EF ejection fraction, ICULOS intensive care unit length of stay, THLOS total hospital length of stay