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Table 2 Patients characteristics, medical conditions, and therapies (N = 637)

From: Three-year experience with immediate extubation in pediatric patients after congenital cardiac surgery

Variable

Overall

Extubation Time

pb

(N = 637)

IE (N = 338)

DE (N = 273)

EE (N = 26)

N (%a)

N (%a)

N (%a)

N (%a)

Sex

    

0.584

 Male

349 (54.8)

184 (54.4)

153 (56.0)

12 (46.2)

 

 Female

285 (44.7)

153 (45.3)

118 (43.2)

14 (53.8)

 

Regional Low Perfusion

    

< 0.001

 Yes

92 (14.4)

4 (1.2)

87 (31.9)

1 (3.8)

 

 No

544 (85.4)

334 (98.8)

185 (67.8)

25 (96.2)

 

Deep Hypothermia (Temp < 25)

    

< 0.001

 Yes

150 (23.5)

14 (4.1)

134 (49.1)

2 (7.7)

 

 No

487 (76.5)

324 (95.9)

139 (50.9)

24 (92.3)

 

DHCA

    

< 0.001

 Yes

42 (6.6)

2 9 (0.6)

40 (14.7)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

595 (93.4)

336 (99.4)

233 (85.3)

26 (100.0)

 

Redo sternotomy

    

< 0.001

 Yes

188 (29.5)

135 (39.9)

45 (16.5)

8 (30.8)

 

 No

446 (70.0)

201 (59.5)

228 (83.5)

17 (65.4)

 

Other Benzodiazepines

 No

636 (99.9)

337 (99.7)

273 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

NA

Other Sedatives

    

0.004

 Yes

45 (7.1)

14 (4.1)

30 (11.0)

1 (3.8)

 

 No

591 (92.8)

324 (95.9)

242 (88.6)

25 (96.2)

 

Lasix

    

0.004

 Yes

563 (88.4)

310 (91.7)

230 (84.2)

23 (88.5)

 

 No

43 (6.8)

13 (3.8)_

29 (10.6)

1 (3.8)

 

Factor VII

    

NA

 No

637 (99.5)

338 (100)

273 (100.0)

26 (100.0)

 

Milrinone

    

0.689

 Yes

633 (99.4)

335 (99.1)

272 (99.6)

26 (100.0)

 

 No

4 (0.6)

3 (0.9)

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

 

Epinephrine

    

< 0.001

 Yes

155 (24.3)

8 (2.4)

144 (52.7)

3

 

 No

482 (75.7)

330 (97.6)

129 (47.3)

23

 

Vasopresin

    

0.008

 Yes

7 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

7 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

630 (98.9)

338 (100.0)

266 (97.4)

26 (100.0)

 

Open chest

    

< 0.001

 Yes

108 (17.0)

0 (0.0)

108 (39.6)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

529 (83)

338 (100.0)

165 (60.4)

26 (100.0)

 

Cardiopulmonary Support

    

< 0.001

 Yes

20 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

20 (7.3)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

617 (96.9)

338 (100.0)

253 (92.7)

26 (100.0)

 

Pulmonary Edema

    

0.001

 Yes

13 (2.0)

1 (0.3)

12 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

624 (98.0)

337 (99.7)

261 (95.6)

26 (100.0)

 

Reintubation within 24 h

    

0.100

 Yes

17 (2.7)

5 (1.5)

11 (4.0)

1 (3.8)

 

 No

617 (96.9)

331 (97.9)

261 (95.6)

25 (96.2)

 

Syndrome

    

< 0.001

 Yes

113 (17.7)

34 (10.1)

74 (27.1)

5 (19.2)

 

 No

519 (81.5)

302 (89.3)

196 (71.8)

21 (80.8)

 

Difficult intubation

    

0.001

 Yes

13 (2.0)

1 (0.3)

12

0 (0.0)

 

 No

618 (97.0)

333 (98.5)

259 (94.9)

26 (100.0)

 
  1. Note. a%s are column percentages except the first row. The sum of %s of a variable may not be 100 due to missing values
  2. bP values were determined using Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables and Kruskal Wallis tests for continuous variables. P < 0.05 were in bold character