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Table 5 Patients characteristics, medical conditions, and therapies (N = 350)

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

Variable

Overall (N = 350)

Extubation Time

pb

DE (N = 232)

IE (N = 103)

EE (N = 15)

N (%a)

N (%a)

N (%a)

N (%a)

Sex

    

0.2433

 Male

206 (58.9)

136 (58.6)

64 (62.1)

6 (40.0)

 

 Female

141 (40.3)

94 (40.5)

38 (36.9)

9 (60.0)

 

Regional Low Perfusion

    

< 0.0001

 Yes

88 (25.1)

85 (36.6)

3 (2.9)

.

 

 No

261 (74.6)

146 (62.9)

100 (97.1)

15 (100.0)

 

Deep Hypothermia (Temp < 25)

    

< 0.0001

 Yes

127 (36.3)

122 (52.6)

4 (3.9)

1 (6.7)

 

 No

223 (63.7)

110 (47.4)

99 (96.1)

14 (93.3)

 

DHCA

    

< 0.0001

 Yes

42 (12.0)

40 (17.2)

2 (1.9)

.

 

 No

308 (88.0)

192 (82.8)

101 (98.1)

15 (100.0)

 

Redo sternotomy

    

< 0.0001

 Yes

66 (18.9)

27 (11.6)

34 (33.0)

5 (33.3)

 

 No

282 (80.6)

205 (88.4)

68 (66.0)

9 (60.0)

 

Other Benzodiasepines

    

NA

 No

350 (100.0)

232 (100.0)

103 (100.0)

15 (100.0)

 

Other Sedatives

    

0.0026

 Yes

30 (8.6)

28 (12.1)

2 (1.9)

.

 

 No

319 (91.1)

203 (87.5)

101 (98.1)

15 (100.0)

 

Lasix

    

0.1274

 Yes

33 (9.4)

27 (11.6)

5 (4.9)

1 (6.7)

 

 No

20 (5.7)

11 (4.7)

7 (6.8)

2 (13.3)

 

Factor VII

    

NA

 No

350 (100.0)

232 (100.0)

103 (100.0)

15 (100.0)

 

Milrinone

    

0.5613

 Yes

348 (99.4)

231 (99.6)

102 (99.0)

15 (100.0)

 

 No

2 (0.6)

1 (0.4)

1 (1.0)

.

 

Epinephrine

    

< 0.0001

 Yes

135 (38.6)

132 (56.9)

1 (1.0)

2 (13.3)

 

 No

215 (61.4)

100 (43.1)

102 (99.0)

13 (86.7)

 

Vasopresin

    

0.3729

 Yes

6 (1.7)

6 (2.6)

   

 No

344 (98.3)

226 (97.4)

103 (100.0)

15 (100.0)

 

Open chest

    

< 0.0001

 Yes

101 (28.9)

101 (43.5)

   

 No

249 (71.1)

131 (56.5)

103 (100.0)

15 (100.0)

 

Cardiopulmonary support

    

0.0023

 Yes

19 (5.4)

19 (8.2)

   

 No

331 (94.6)

213 (91.8)

103 (100.0)

15 (100.0)

 

Pulmonary Edema

    

0.1812

 Yes

13 (3.7)

12 (5.2)

1 (1.0)

.

 

 No

337 (96.3)

220 (94.8)

102 (99.0)

15 (100.0)

 

Reintubation within 24 h

    

1.000

 Yes

12 (3.4)

9 (3.9)

3 (2.9)

.

 

 No

336 (96.0)

222 (95.7)

99 (96.1)

15 (100.0)

 

Syndrome

    

0.1183

 Yes

76 (21.7)

58 (25.0)

16 (15.5)

2 (13.3)

 

 No

270 (77.1)

171 (73.7)

86 (83.5)

13 (86.7)

 

Difficult intubation

    

0.0883

 Yes

10 (2.9)

10 (4.3)

   

 No

336 (96.0)

220 (94.8)

101 (98.1)

15 (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. b P-values are determined using Fisher’s exact tests for categorical and Kruskal Wallis tests for continuous variables. P < 0.05 are in bold character. NAs are due to limited sample size. P < 0.05 are in bold character