Table 1 The definitions or diagnoses of in-hospital outcomes
Outcomes | Definition/diagnosis |
|---|---|
Post-operative death | The post-operative death is defined as in-hospital mortality due to a variety of reasons following surgery |
POMI | POMI is defined by the satisfaction of three of the criteria below: (1) Abnormal changes in ECG waveforms, such as ST-segment elevation, pathological Q waves, etc.; (2) troponin and myocardial enzyme levels were greater than the upper limit of normal and tended to rise. (3) Typical clinical symptoms, such as sudden onset of severe and persistent retrosternal or precordial crushing pain that is not relieved by rest or nitroglycerin |
POSCI | POSCI is diagnosed by the satisfaction of four of the criteria below: (1) the existence of cerebrovascular disease risk factors; (2) the presence of unrelieved neurological impairments indicators; (3) cranial CT to rule out bleeding; (4) cranial MR to confirm cerebral infarction |
POPE | POPE was diagnosed by computed tomography pulmonary angiog-raphy |
POAF | POAF is defined by the satisfaction of three of the criteria below: (1) accelerated heart rate; (2) the electrocardiogram waveform indicated that P wave disappeared and was replaced by the irregular f wave; (3) the onset lasted more than 10 min |
The duration of POMV (hour) | The duration is defined as the period from the end of surgery to the recovery of spontaneous breathing and extubated from tracheal intubation |
LOS in hospital (day) | LOS refers to the total time between admission and discharge from the hospital |