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Table 3 Patient Demographics, Perioperative Risk Factors, Operative Priority and Type of Cardiac Surgery

From: The impact of closed incision negative pressure therapy on prevention of median sternotomy infection for high risk cases: a single centre retrospective study

 

Overall Control Group (n = 927)

Overall ciNPT Group (n = 932)

P value

RISK FACTORS

 Age mean (SD)

67.8 (10.03)

67.1 (10.78)

0.1510

 Male

680 (73.3%)

702 (75.3%)

 

 Female

247 (26.7%)

230 (24.7%)

 

 Obesity (BMI > 32 kg/m2)

207 (22.3%)

209 (22.4%)

1.00

 COPD

166 (17.9%)

168 (18.0%)

1.000

 Diabetes

236 (25.5%)

232 (24.9%)

0.836

OTHER FACTORS

 Logistic EuroSCORE mean ± SD

6.802 ± 9.7

8.3 ± 11.3

0.00015

OPERATIVE PRIORITY

 Urgent

217 (23.4%)

266 (28.5%)

0.0587

 Emergency

14 (1.51%)

29 (3.11%)

0.0300

 Elective

671 (72.4%)

610 (65.5%)

0.1678

 Expedite

25 (2.7%)

28 (3.0%)

0.7810

TYPE OF SURGERY

 CABG

623 (67.2%)

607 (65.1%)

0.65

 CABG + valve repair/replacement

65 (7.01%)

88 (9.44%)

0.09

 Valve repair/replacement

130 (14.0%)

123 (13.2%)

0.68

 Other cardiac procedure

109 (11.8%)

115 (12.3%)

0.77

 

High Risk Control Group (n = 162)

High Risk ciNPT Group (n = 158)

 

Age

70.4 ± 9.6

68.4 ± 9.9

0.06

Logistic EuroScore

9.1 ± 12.4

10.9 ± 12.8

0.17

Elective

127 (77%)

120 (76.5%)

 

Urgent

33 (20%)

34 (21%)

 

Expedite

4 (2.4%)

3 (1.9%)

 

Emergency

1 (0.6%)

1 (0.6%)

 
  1. SD Standard Deviation, BMI Body Mass Index, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, EuroSCORE European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation, CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting