Table 2.
Resource | No fibrillation (n = 482) |
Fibrillation (n= 238) |
P |
---|---|---|---|
Time in operating room, mean (SD), charge hours |
3.9 (0.9) | 3.8 (0.8) | .54 |
Length of stay | |||
Total postoperative, mean (SD), days |
4.4 (1.2) | 5.8 (2.4) | <.001 |
Intensive care unit postoperative, mean (SD), days |
1.2 (0.5)* | 1.5 (1.5)† | .001 |
Readmission to intensive care unit, No. (%) of patients |
1 (0.2) | 11 (4.6) | <.001 |
Ward postoperative, mean (SD), days |
3.3 (1.1) | 4.3 (1.7) | <.001 |
No. of laboratory tests per subject, mean (SD) |
38.6 (16.6) | 53.7 (29.5) | <.001 |
Respiratory care | |||
Mechanical ventilation, mean (SD), days |
1.4 (0.5) | 1.7 (1.3) | .002 |
Oxygen therapy, mean (SD), days |
4.1 (1.3) | 5.0 (2.3) | <.001 |
No. of electrocardiograms per subject, mean (SD) |
1.9 (0.8) | 2.5 (1.3) | <.001 |
Discharge disposition, No. (%) of patients |
.017 | ||
Home | 167 (34.6) | 70 (29.4) | |
Home health agency | 252 (52.3) | 119 (50.0) | |
Posthospital care facility | 63 (13.1) | 47 (19.7) | |
Mortality | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) |
n = 477
n = 235