Table 3 Postoperative endpoints
Variable | ATC (n = 257) | Standard (n = 263) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Atrial fibrillation | 80 (31) | 101 (38) | 0.08 |
Retained blood complications | |||
Re-exploration | 4 (1.6) | 15 (5.7) | 0.01 |
Bleeding | 3 (1.2) | 6 (2.3) | 0.50 |
Tamponade | 1 (0.4) | 9 (3.4) | 0.02 |
Pericardial intervention | 3 (1.2) | 5 (1.9) | 0.73 |
Pleural intervention | 9 (3.5) | 8 (3.0) | 0.75 |
Composite (total interventions) | 16 (6.2) | 28 (10.6) | 0.07 |
Readmission | |||
Any reason | 28 (12) | 24 (10) | 0.51 |
AF or retained blood complication | 6 (3) | 7 (3) | 0.81 |
Postoperative allogeneic blood products | 93 (36) | 91 (35) | 0.71 |
Red blood cells | 79 (31) | 75 (29) | 0.58 |
Platelets | 37 (14) | 49 (19) | 0.19 |
Fresh frozen plasma | 7 (3) | 15 (6) | 0.09 |
Cryoprecipitate | 2 (0.8) | 11 (4.2) | 0.01 |
Cardiac arrest | 1 (< 1) | 4 (2) | 0.37 |
Stroke | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | >0.99 |
Acute renal failure | 7 (3) | 6 (2) | 0.81 |
Sternal infection | |||
Superficial | 8 (3) | 8 (3) | 0.95 |
Deep/Mediastinitis | 10 (4) | 4 (2) | 0.09 |
Pneumonia | 5 (2) | 5 (2) | >0.99 |
Drainage for pneumothorax | 10 (4) | 8 (3) | 0.60 |
Total ventilation time (h) | 8.02 (6.60; 10.3) | 7.97 (6.60; 10.8) | 0.70 |
Total ICU time (h) | 31.9 (22.2; 68.5) | 27.0 (21.5; 66.9) | 0.27 |
Hospital length of stay (d) | 5.0 (4.0; 7.0) | 5.0 (4.0; 7.0) | 0.16 |
In-hospital mortality | 3 (1) | 4 (2) | >0.99 |