Table 2.
Total duration of hospitalization, duration of ICU stay, duration of postoperative stay, and total medical costs according to the STAT mortality category and application of fetal echocardiography.
| 2005–2007 (n = 126) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality Category 1–3 (n = 68) | Mortality Category 4–5 (n = 58) | |||||
| Fetal echocardiography | No (n = 55) | Yes (n = 13) | p value | No (n = 49) | Yes (n = 9) | p value |
| Total hospitalization (days) | 19 (13–31) | 26 (19–28.5) | 0.117 | 21 (14–31) | 30 (23.5–65.5) | 0.041 |
| ICU stay (days)) | 11 (6–18) | 17 (14–26.5) | 0.014 | 11 (7.5–20) | 30 (15.5–49.5) | 0.019 |
| Postoperative stay (days) | 13 (9–21) | 19 (11–22.5) | 0.268 | 13 (9.5–27.5) | 19 (13.5–44.0) | 0.246 |
| Total cost ($) | 16,106 (12,356–21,308) | 18,763 (17,516–23,319) | 0.072 | 17,187 (13,144–22,248) | 22,412 (19,423–33,751) | 0.040 |
| 2011–2013 (n = 159) | ||||||
| Mortality Category 1–3 (n = 77) | Mortality Category 4–5 (n = 82) | |||||
| Fetal echocardiography | No (n = 47) | Yes (n = 30) | p value | No (n = 25) | Yes (n = 57) | p value |
| Total hospitalization (days) | 20 (13–28) | 22.5 (16–27) | 0.487 | 25 (21–39) | 28 (20–43.5) | 0.817 |
| ICU stay (days) | 11 (6–22) | 16 (8–24.25) | 0.177 | 19 (12.5–27) | 24 (15.5–32.5) | 0.226 |
| Postoperative stay (days) | 13 (9–20) | 14 (10.75–19) | 0.691 | 18 (13–30) | 17 (11–32) | 0.583 |
| Total cost ($) | 24,520 (18,650–32,324) | 29,896 (25,535–34,691) | 0.025 | 34,909 (25,237–46,049) | 35,432 (27,086–46,367) | 0.569 |
| 2017–2019 (n = 90) | ||||||
| Mortality Category 1–3 (n = 42) | Mortality Category 4–5 (n = 48) | |||||
| Fetal echocardiography | No (n = 19) | Yes (n = 23) | p value | No (n = 13) | Yes (n = 35) | p value |
| Total hospitalization (days) | 22 (17–32) | 27 (19–29) | 0.362 | 33 (15.5–74.5) | 33 (23–55) | 0.693 |
| ICU stay (days) | 17 (8–25) | 18 (14–22) | 0.440 | 28 (9–62.5) | 26 (15–50) | 0.585 |
| Postoperative stay (days) | 14 (9–25) | 13 (10–25) | 0.820 | 14 (12–64.5) | 16 (12–37) | 0.710 |
| Total cost ($) | 48,712 (43,685–57,497) | 57,860 (47,464–73,312) | 0.071 | 54,224 (39,906–110,769) | 55,966 (49,595–96,757) | 0.862 |
Duration of hospitalization and total cost are presented as median [interquartile range (IQR)].
CHD, congenital heart disease; ICU, intensive care unit; STAT, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; SD, standard deviation.