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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with AADA and hypoxemia within 24 h after surgery: pre-PSM

From: Effects of inhaled nitric oxide for postoperative hypoxemia in acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective observational study

Variable

Control (N = 136)

iNO treatment (N = 40)

p-value

Age, y

50.4 ± 11.0

49.9 ± 11.2

0.789

Men

110 (80.9)

31 (77.5)

0.638

BMI

26.5 ± 2.7

26.3 ± 2.9

0.707

Comorbidity

 Hypertension

96 (70.6)

32 (80.0)

0.240

 Diabetes

2 (1.5)

2 (5.0)

0.476

 COPD

3 (2.2)

1 (2.5)

1.000

 Hepatic insufficiency

4 (2.9)

1 (2.5)

1.000

 Renal insufficiency

27 (19.9)

12 (30.0)

0.174

 Cerebrovascular event

3 (2.2)

2 (5.0)

0.694

 Myocardial infarction

9 (6.6)

2 (5.0)

1.000

 tamponade

21 (15.4)

9 (22.5)

0.297

 Marfan Syndrome

6 (4.4)

3 (7.5)

0.711

 Smoking

32 (23.5)

8 (20.0)

0.640

Laboratory test

 Leucocyte (109/L)

12.0 ± 4.0

13.0 ± 3.4

0.147

 Hemoglobin (g/L)

132.0 (123.0, 143.0)

137.5 (124.8, 150.3)

0.112

 Platelet (109/L)

147.0 (121.3, 201.8)

161.5 (140.5, 200.0)

0.317

 ALT (U/L)

26.5 (19.3, 38.0)

30.5 (19.0, 41.4)

0.930

 Creatinine (μmol/L)

85.0 (68.0, 107.8)

89.5 (70.3, 132.0)

0.437

 Troponin I (ng/ml)

0.02 (0.01, 0.05)

0.02 (0.01, 0.09)

0.782

 PaO2 (mmHg)

85.5(71.2, 101.7)

80.0(67.7, 109.2)

0.897

Surgical procedure

 Total arch replacement

129 (94.9)

38 (95.0)

1.000

 Hemi arch replacement

7 (5.1)

2 (5.0)

1.000

 Concomitant CABG

10 (7.4)

2 (5.0)

1.000

CPB

 CPB time (min)

167.5 (143.5, 186.8)

162.5 (147.0, 191.5)

0.806

 ACC time (min)

97.5 (84.0, 109.8)

96.0 (87.3, 117.3)

0.604

 DHCA time (min)

28.0 (22.0, 31.8)

24.0 (19.0, 28.0)

0.041*

 Minimum temperature in CPB (°C)

22.3 (22.1, 24.4)

22.1 (21.5, 23.5)

0.040*

 PaO2/FiO2 ratio meet hypoxemia criteria

112.9 (94.3, 155.0)

95.0 (82.9, 127.1)

0.076

  1. AADA Acute type A aortic dissection, PSM Propensity score-matching, iNO Inhaled nitric oxide, BMI Body mass index, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ALT Alanine transaminase, CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, CPB Cardiopulmonary bypass, ACC Aortic cross-clamp, DHCA Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, PaO2 Partial pressure of oxygen, FiO2 Fraction of inspired oxygen
  2. *p < 0.05