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Table 4 Outcomes

From: The elevated admission white blood cell count relates to adverse surgical outcome of acute Stanford type a aortic dissection

Variables

Group I

Group II

P value

n = 149

n = 182

In-hospital mortality (%)

12 (8.1)

38 (20.9)

0.001

TND (%)

42 (28.2)

65 (35.7)

0.145

PND (%)

12 (8.1)

21 (11.5)

0.292

Ventilation time (h)

 Mean ± SD

94.9 ± 107.4

137.8 ± 131.6

< 0.001

 Median (IQR)

46.0 (18.0–139.5)

108.0 (31.3–196.0)

 

Tracheotomy (%)

23 (15.4)

41 (22.5)

0.104

Re-exploration (%)

4 (2.7)

13 (7.1)

0.068

MODS (%)

7 (4.7)

18 (9.9)

0.075

RRT (%)

19 (12.8)

26 (14.3)

0.685

ICU time (h)

 Mean ± SD

139.4 ± 94.5

177.6 ± 132.9

0.009

 Median (IQR)

115.0 (68.0–185.3)

161.5 (81.3–239.3)

 

In hospital time (d)*

 Mean ± SD

29.0 ± 14.7

26.0 ± 11.7

0.062

 Median (IQR)

27.0 (21.0–34.5)

24.0 (18.0–30.0)

 
  1. ICU time intensive care unit stay time, IQR interquartile range, MODS multi-organ dysfunction syndrome, PND permanent neurologic dysfunction, RRT renal replacement therapy, SD standard deviation, TND transient neurologic dysfunction
  2. Group I: normal WBCc group, Group II: leukocytosis group
  3. Note: P-value< 0.05 is highlighted in bold type
  4. * The variable in hospital time was analyzed after exclusion of the in-hospital dead cases