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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jun 7;42(10):1455–1463. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.05.020

Table 4.

Outcome measure by risk category

Factor Overall Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk p-value
N 1821 508 1010 303
Survival <0.001
 30-day 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.97
 90-day 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.93
 1-year 0.91 0.94 0.91 0.86
 3-year 0.74 0.79 0.73 0.67
Mechanical Ventilation at 72 Hours <0.001
 No 1315 (72.2%) 396 (78.0%) 730 (72.3%) 189 (62.4%)
 Unknown 4 (0.2%) 2 (0.4%) 2 (0.2%) 0
 Yes 502 (27.6%) 110 (21.7%) 278 (27.5%) 114 (37.6%)
ECMO at 72 Hours <0.001
 No 1724 (94.7%) 492 (96.9%) 963 (95.4%) 269 (88.8%)
 Unknown 4 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 3 (0.3%) 0
 Yes 92 (5.1%) 14 (2.8%) 44 (4.4%) 34 (11.2%)
 Missing 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.2%) 0 0
iNO at 72 Hours 0.417
 No 1662 (91.3%) 471 (92.7%) 919 (91.0%) 272 (89.8%)
 Unknown 11 (0.06%) 3 (0.6%) 5 (0.5%) 3 (1.0%)
 Yes 147 (8.1%) 33 (6.5%) 86 (8.5%) 28 (9.2%)
 Missing 1 (0.05%) 1 (0.2%) 0 0
Length of Stay <0.001
 Overall 20 [13; 37] 16 [11; 27.5] 21 [14; 37] 29 [18; 50]
 Single 15 [11; 27] 12.5 [10; 20] 15 [11; 25] 25 [14; 41]
 Bilateral 22 [15; 40] 17 [12; 30] 23 [15; 40] 29 [18; 53]
Disposition <0.001
 Home 735 (40.4%) 242 (47.6%) 397 (39.3%) 96 (31.7%)
 Short Term Hospital 18 (1.0%) 7 (1.4%) 11 (1.1%) 0
 Skilled Nursing Facility 375 (20.6%) 75 (14.8%) 206 (20.4%) 94 (31.0%)
 Home Health Care 623 (34.2%) 176 (34.7%) 355 (35.2%) 92 (30.4%)
 Died 70 (3.8%) 8 (1.6%) 41 (4.1%) 21 (6.9%)
Total Charges <0.001
 Overall $653,024 [454,335; 1,125,028] $549,593 [397,047; 911,928] $665,666 [463,642; 1,161,165] $816,576 [553,376; 1,261,809]
 Single $542,419 [386,252; 971,431] $504,809 [356,636; 906,914.5] $502,071 [378,923; 960,064] $735,919 [526,755; 1,463,928]
 Bilateral $685,880 [483,949; 1,162,435] $566,470 [414,477; 941,223] $707,612 [502,246.5; 1,251,858] $830,990 [574,395; 1,232,098]