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Table 5 Postoperative complications of the study patients

From: Positive impact of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial

Postoperative complication

RAP patients (n = 54)

Non-RAP (n = 64)

p value

Prolonged ventilation > 48 h

0

4.69 (3/64)

0.31

Re-intubation

1.85 (1/54)

4.69 (3/64)

0.74

Bleeding

7.41 (4/54)

4.69 (3/64)

0.81

Myocardial infarction

0

0

 

Reoperation

0

0

 

Renal failure

0

0

 

Stroke

0

0

 

Mediastinitis

0

0

 

Perioperative death

0

0

 

Length of stay in ICU (d)

2.02 ± 2.8

2.3 ± 2.6

0.57

Length of in-hospital stay (d)

15.4 ± 4.75

15.02 ± 6.4

0.72

  1. Values are mean ± SD or n (%)