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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jul 2;142(3):554–562. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.061

Table 3.

Grade 3 or higher Perioperative (30-day) Respiratory complications by arm

Grade All
3 4 5

Body System

Adverse Event

Arm
N % N % N % N
Infection/Febrile Neutropenia PNEUMONIA* SR 1 1.4 0 0 0 0 1
SRB 3 4.1 0 0 0 0 3
Pulmonary ARDS SR 1 1.4 0 0 0 0 1
SRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DYSPNEA SR 5 6.9 0 0 0 0 5
SRB 7 9.5 0 0 0 0 7
HYPOXIA SR 2 2.8 0 0 0 0 2
SRB 5 6.8 1 1.4 0 0 6
PNEUMOTHORAX SR 1 1.4 0 0 0 0 1
SRB 1 1.4 0 0 0 0 1
Prolonged air-leak SR 1 1.4 0 0 0 0 1
SRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PULMONARY - Other SR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SRB 1 1.4 0 0 0 0 1
Same patient could have multiple adverse events.
*

Pneumonia both with and without absolute neutrophil count specified