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Table 4 Prevalence of postoperative events and complications of surgery among RECON compared with NRD patients after application of IPTW to balance demographic and comorbidity variables

From: Pericardial closure with extracellular matrix scaffold following cardiac surgery associated with a reduction of postoperative complications and 30-day hospital readmissions

Outcome

Valve Replacement

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients

NRD (n=42,269)

RECON (n=392)

Weighted Prevlaence Ratioa

95% Confidence Interval

NRD 2014 (n=57,364)

RECON (n=866)

Weighted Prevalence Ratioa

95% Confidence Interval

Crude n

% or SD

Crude n

% or SD

Crude n

% or SD

Crude n

% or SD

Length of hospital stay, mean days (SD)

10.09

9.41

9.53

6.18

1.03

0.93

1.14

8.77

6.12

8.12

5.57

1.05

0.94

1.17

Postoperative atrial fibrillation

--

--

106

27.04

--

--

--

--

--

125

14.43

--

--

--

Cardiac tamponade

427

1.01

5

1.28

0.87

0.29

2.59

189

0.33

0

0.00

--

--

--

Bleeding

2,213

5.24

10

2.55

0.69

0.35

1.35

1,688

2.94

10

1.15

0.44

0.24

0.83

Pleural effusion

5,484

12.97

12

3.06

0.15

0.07

0.32

4,950

8.63

19

2.19

0.33

0.09

1.21

Pericardial effusion

1,099

2.60

6

1.53

0.32

0.13

0.77

1,245

2.17

2

0.23

0.14

0.05

0.45

  1. aInverse probability of treatment weighted prevalence ratio
  2. Bold: statistically significant