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Table 2 Types of Cardiac Surgery, intra-operative distractions and post-operative complications

From: A distractions capture tool for cardiac surgery and lung transplantation: impact on outcomes

Peri-operative characteristics (Total cases, n = 62)

Duration of observed surgery (hours)

192

Types of cardiac surgery (n)

32 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts (CABG),

11 Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR),

19 Mitral Valve Replacement/Repair (MVR)

Gender

35 male, 27 female

total cardiopulmonary bypass (minutes)

83.6 ± 31.2

Total cross clamp time (minutes)

58 ± 18

Elective versus urgent surgery

78% versus 22%

Mean euroscore of observed surgery

5.8

Total number of events (n)

1089

Number of events per hour

5.67

Number of events per case

17.6

Types of distractions

Number

Severity

Equipment

250

4.2

Procedure independent

610

3.5

Communication

131

3.9

Technical

88

4.1

Safety

10

3.1

Patient

Post-operative complications

Correlation coefficient

p value

Re-operation for bleeding

0.81

 < 0.001

ICU stay

0.76

0.002

Hospital stay

0.85

 < 0.001

Infection

0.52

0.527