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Table 3 Postoperative data

From: Benefits of ultra-fast-track anesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation: a retrospective, propensity score matched cohort study of a four-year single center experience

 

LVAD match

LVAD ultra

p-values

LVAD conv

p-values

n = 13

n = 13

LVAD match vs. LVAD ultra

n = 30

LVAD conv vs. LVAD ultra

Time to extubation in hr.

42.3 ± 32.1

1.2 ± 1.3

0.0002

56.5 ± 67.7

0.0001

Re-intubation n (%)

3 (23.1)

1(7.7)

0.125

8(26.7)

0.236

ICU stays in hrs n (%)

153.1 ± 95.9

60.2 ± 43.3

0.016

186.1 ± 163.1

0.0008

Hospital LOS in days after Implantation

26.3 ± 14.9

22.1 ± 9.5

0.055

37.8 ± 23.6

0.026

Pneumonia n (%)

7 (46.5)

1 (7.7)

0.031

10 (33.3)

0.129

Sepsis n (%)

3 (23.1)

0

0.250

7 (23.3)

0.082

Delirium n (%)

6 (46.5)

0

0.031

14 (46.7)

0.003

Hemodialysis n (%)

3 (23.1)

0

0.250

8 (26.7)

0.081

GFR 24 h. post-op mL/min.

58.1 ± 11.1

62.8 ± 10.2

0.331

51.9 ± 16.5

0.033

Re-thoracotomy n (%)

0

0

-

3 (10)

0.541

Inotropic support in hr.

88.5 ± 108

15.9 ± 19.5

0.001

113.3 ± 120.2

0.001

RVF n (%)

6 (46.5)

0

0.031

8 (26.7)

0.081

RV-ECMO n (%)

0

0

-

5 (16.7)

0.300

  1. Bold writing indicates significance
  2. GFR glomerular filtration rate (mL/min.), ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, Post-op postoperative, RV-ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a right ventricular assist device, RVF right ventricular failure