Table 5 Comparison of current study with previous retrospective comparative studies
From: Outcomes from cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s witness patients: experience over twenty-one years
Marinakis (n = 31 JhWs vs. 62 CG patients) | El Azab [5] (n = 123 JhWs vs. 4219 CG patients) | Stamou [7] (n = 49 JhWs vs. 196 transfused patients) | Bhaskar [6] (n = 49 JhWs vs. 196 transfused patients) | Pattakos [4] (n = 322 JhWs vs. 322 transfused patients) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isolated CABG | 15 (48 %) | 112 (91 %) | 38 (78 %) | 25 (51 %) | 209 (65 %) |
Combined surgery | 7 (22.6 %) | 10 (8.1) | 2 (4 %) | 11 (22.4 %) | 16 (5 %) |
Reoperation | 3 (9.7 %) | - | 0 | - | - |
ICU LOS | 4.3 ± 3.9 (p = 0.08) | 2.3 ± 3.2 (p = 0.16) | 1.5 ± 1.3 (p = 0.22) | 1 ± 0.4 (p = 0.81) | 1 (50 % perc) (p = 0.001) |
In-hospital mortality | 1 (3 %) (p = 0.55) | 3 (2.7 %) (p = 0.59) | 3 (6 %) (p = 0.63) | 1 (2 %) (p = 0.52) | 10 (3 %) (p = 0.40) |
Postoperative infarct | 0 (p = 1.00) | 2 (1.8 %) (p = 0.02) | 0 (p = 0.62) | 0 (p = 0.62) | 1 (0.3) (p = 0.01) |