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. 2022 Nov 9;39(Suppl 5):S6–S11c. doi: 10.12788/fp.0300

eAPPENDIX 1.

Univariate Analysis of Factors Associated With Mortality for Patients With Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay ≥ 7 Daysa

At discharge At follow-up

Variables Survived (n = 1049) Deceased (n = 125) P value Survived (n = 754) Deceased (n = 420) P value

Preoperative No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)

Sex, male 654 (62) 69 (55) .14 470 (62) 253 (60) .49

Race, White 889 (85) 102 (82) .36 632 (84) 359 (86) .50

Smoker 416 (40) 56 (45) .29 261 (35) 211 (50) < .001

Diabetes mellitus 287 (27) 44 (35) .07 190 (25) 141 (34) .003

Renal failure 268 (26) 44 (35) .02 188 (25) 124 (30) .01

Dialysis 58 (6) 15 (12) .01 41(5) 32 (8) .17

Hypertension 689 (66) 81 (65) .84 478 (63) 292 (70) .04

Cerebrovascular accident 93 (9) 17 (13) .10 65 (9) 45 (11) .25

Cerebrovascular disease 159 (15) 31 (25) .01 115 (15) 75 (18) .25

Infectious endocarditis 88 (9) 19 (15) .02 62 (8) 45 (11) .17

Chronic lung disease .01 .07
 Mild 130 (12) 18 (14) 86 (11) 62 (15)
 Moderate or severe 120 (11) 25 (20) 86 (11) 59 (14)

Peripheral vascular disease 120 (11) 23 (18) .03 73 (10) 70 (17) .001

Myocardial infarction 321 (31) 38 (30) .99 212 (28) 147 (35) .02

Congestive heart failure 530 (51) 64 (51) .93 365 (48) 229 (55) .05

Cardiogenic shock 129 (12) 15 (12) .99 100 (13) 44 (11) .19

Resuscitation 8 (1) 2 (2) .29 7 (1) 3 (1) .99

Preoperative Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Age, y 61 (14) 64 (12) .02 59 (14) 65 (13) < .001

Weight, kg 85.1 (22.9) 85.2 (22.1) .93 86.2 (23.0) 81.9 (22.1) < .001

Body mass index 27.3 (6.9) 27.5 (7.2) .74 27.8 (7.1) 26.3 (6.7) < .001

Ejection fraction 41 (21) 43 (19) .25 41 (21) 41 (21) .77

Creatinine, mg/dL 1.50 (1.31) 1.85 (1.77) .09 1.46 (1.26) 1.71 (1.58) .04

Bilirubin, mg/dL 0.8 (1.1) 1.7 (4.7) .09 0.9 (2.0) 0.9 (1.6) .68

Hemoglobin, g/dL 11.8 (2.3) 11.4 (2.5) .08 12.0 (2.3) 11.5 (2.2) .004

Hematocrit, % 35.1 (6.6) 34.2 (7.0) .23 35.5 (6.7) 34.1 (6.5) .01

White blood cells, 103/μL 9.1 (4.7) 10.4 (9.5) .23 9.4 (5.8) 9.0 (4.8) .37

Operative No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)

Procedures
 Coronary artery bypass grafting 233 (22) 26 (21) .82 148 (20) 111 (26) .008
 Valve 566 (54) 85 (68) .003 408 (54) 243 (58) .22
 Aortic 310 (30) 29 (23) .15 230 (31) 109 (26) .11
 Ventricular-assist device 200 (19) 13 (10) .02 136 (18) 77 (18) .94
 Transplant 87 (8) 5 (4) .11 72 (10) 20 (5) .003
 Other 30 (3) 8 (6) .05 29 (4) 9 (2) .12

Hypothermic circulatory arrest 174 (17) 12 (10) .05 126 (17) 60 (14) .32

No. procedures .80 .71
 1 710 (68) 87 (70) 510 (68) 287 (68)
 2 303 (29) 35 (28) 221 (29) 117 (28)
 3 36 (3) 3 (2) 23 (3) 16 (4)

Return to operating room 20 (2) 0 (0) .26 12 (2) 8 (2) .82

Operative Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Cross-clamp, min 127 (71) 140 (87) .19 130 (71) 127 (77) .67

Perfusion, min 160 (88) 180 (105) .046 163 (89) 160 (92) .62

Operative Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR) Median (IQR)

Transfusion
 Red cell 4 (2–7) 5 (2–8) .13 4 (2–7) 4 (2–8) .12
 Plasma 3 (0–7) 4 (0–7) .33 4 (0–7) 3 (0–7) .97
 Platelet 2 (2–5) 2 (2–6) .56 2 (2–5) 2 (2–5) .33

Cryoprecipitate 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) .02 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) .78

Postoperative day 7 No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)

Vasopressor 99 (16) 27 (33) < .001 84 (18) 42 (18) .83

Ventilator support 234 (22) 60 (48) < .001 187 (25) 107 (26) .83

Renal replacement therapy 65 (6%) 19 (15) .001 51 (7) 33 (8) .48

Transfusion

Red cell 132 (21) 24 (29) .12 105 (22) 51 (22) .92

Plasma 62 (10) 10 (12) .56 46 (10) 26 (11) .51

Platelet 52 (8) 10 (12) .27 38 (8) 24 (11) .26

Cryoprecipitate transfusion 5 (1) 1 (1) .52 5 (1) 1 (< 1) .67

Pneumonia 118 (18) 117 (29) < .001

Postoperative day 7 Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Creatinine, mg/dL 1.68 (1.26) 1.94 (1.10) .08 1.65 (1.18) 1.82 (1.36) .10

Sodium, mmol/L 140 (5.9) 140 (6.6) .83 140 (6) 140 (6) .59

Chloride, mmol/L 105 (6.9) 104 (6.7) .33 104 (7) 104 (7) .85

Hemoglobin, g/dL 10.3 (2.2) 10.8 (4.0) .11 10.3 (2.8) 10.6 (1.6) .15

Hematocrit, % 29.9 (4.6) 29.8 (4.5) .91 29.5 (4.4) 30.7 (4.8) .001

Bilirubin, mg/dL 1.7 (2.5) 4.3 (7.3) .01 2.0 (3.7) 2.0 (3.2) .93

Alanine transaminase, U/L 125 (403) 248 (423) .03 167 (478) 86 (144) .004

Alkaline phosphatase, U/L 93 (57) 105 (90) .14 96 (66) 92 (53) .53

White blood cells, 103/μL 12.1 (5.0) 16.5 (9.6) < .001 12.8 (6.1) 12.1 (5.5) .16
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Data not available for all variables for all patients; for continuous variables with data missing, available data used from total no. patients for survival at discharge, mortality at discharge, survival at follow-up, mortality at follow-up: age, weight, body mass index (1049, 125, 754, 420, respectively); ejection fraction (989, 120, 705, 410, respectively); preop creatinine, bilirubin, hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cells (625, 82, 478, 229, respectively); cross-clamp time (753, 88, 557, 284, respectively); perfusion time (1006, 118, 724, 400, respectively); day 7 creatinine, sodium, chloride, white blood cells (624, 81, 476, 229, respectively); day 7 hemoglobin (622, 80, 474, 228, respectively); day 7 hematocrit (622, 81, 223, 61, respectively), day 7 bilirubin, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase (481, 64, 376, 169, respectively).