Table 4 Postoperative outcomes
From: Outcomes from cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s witness patients: experience over twenty-one years
Jehovah’s Witnesses | Control group | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Time of ECC in min | 104 ± 35 | 98 ± 36 | 0.432 |
Cross Clamp Time in min | 61 ± 27 | 59 ± 29 | 0.721 |
Perioperative blood loss in mL | 209 ± 235 | 308 ± 367 | 0.178 |
Drain 24 h in mL | 644 ± 458 | 582 ± 215 | 0.481 |
Drain total in mL | 847 ± 583 | 812 ± 365 | 0.721 |
Hours post drain ablation | 46.3 ± 9.8 | 45.7 ± 12.1 | 0.811 |
LVEF postop (%) | 57 ± 8 | 58 ± 10 | 0.912 |
Mechanical ventilation in days | 1.26 ± 2.24 | 0.89 ± 0.55 | 0.218 |
ICU stay in days | 4.3 ± 3.9 | 3.0 ? ± 1.4 | 0.080 |
Postoperative length of stay in days | 12.9 ± 7.6 | 10.9 ± 6.6 | 0.223 |
IABP | 1 (3 %) | 0 | 0.333 |
Acute MI | 0 | 1 (2 %) | 1.000 |
Stroke | 0 | 0 | - |
New onset AF | 11 (35 %) | 11 (18 %) | 0.058 |
New AF on discharge | 0 | 3 (5 %) | 0.548 |
Max Cr postop (mg/dL) | 1.43 ± 0.60 | 1.32 ± 0.60 | 0.378 |
Min Cockcroft’s CC postop (mL/min) | 63.8 ± 32.3 | 64.8 ± 24.8 | 0.865 |
Hemodialysis | 1 (3 %) | 0 | 0.333 |
Hemorrhage related re-exploration | 2 (6 %) | 1 (2 %) | 0.257 |
Mediastinitis | 1 (3 %) | 1 (2 %) | 1.000 |
Serious infectious complications | 5 (16 %) | 3 (5 %) | 0.112 |
Transfused patients | 0 | 17 (27.4 %) | 0.001 |
Units of RBC | 0 | 39 | - |
Units of RBC pp | 0 ± 0 | 0.63 ± 1.5 | 0.002 |
Operative mortality | 1 (3 %) | 1 (2 %) | 0.548 |