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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jan;14(1):44–49. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182712799

Table 1.

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics by Outcome Status (N=49)

Poor Outcome
All Yes (N=17) No (N=32) P-value
Gender, N (%)
 Female 14 (29) 5 (36) 9 (64) 1.00
 Male 35 (71) 12 (34) 23 (66)
Age at surgery, days, median (IQR) 53 (8–127) 7 (5–10) 98 (33–150) 0.001
Pre-Op Weight, kg 4.5 ± 1.3 3.7 ± 0.7 4.9 ± 1.4 0.0002
RACHS-1 classification, N (%)
 2 to 4 37 (76) 8 (22) 29 (78) 0.001
 5 or 6 12 (24) 9 (75) 3 (25)
Cardiopulmonary bypass time, min 107 ± 55 149 ± 61 84 ± 35 0.001
Aortic cross-clamp time, min 48 ± 32 52 ± 40 45 ± 25 0.55
Hypothermic circulatory arrest, N (%) 15 (31) 10 (67) 5 (33) 0.003
Post-operative ECMO, N (%) 6 (12) 6 (100) 0 (0) 0.001
Maximum Vasoactive Inotrope Score 16 ± 9 23 ± 9 12 ± 7 < 0.0001

Data are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.

IQR, interquartile range (25th percentile – 75th percentile)

RACHS, Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery

ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation