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. 2013 May 10;17(2):319–327. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt149

Table 3:

Distribution of major non-cardiac complications and associated perioperative mortality

Group Frequency
Mortality
n % of all % in group % in complications n %
No complication 4472 84.1 60 1.3
Single 549 10.3 64.9 53 9.7
 RF 175 3.3 31.9 20.7 20 11.4
 Dialysis 121 2.3 22.0 14.3 17 14.0
 DSWI 100 1.9 18.2 11.8 0 0.0
 CVA 66 1.2 12.0 7.8 4 6.1
 GIC 61 1.1 11.1 7.2 8 13.1
 Sepsis 26 0.5 4.7 3.1 4 15.4
Double 183 3.4 21.6 44 24.0
 Dialysis + RF 50 0.9 27.3 5.9 21 42.0
 CVA + RF 45 0.8 24.6 5.3 6 13.3
 DSWI + RF 18 0.3 9.8 2.1 0 0.0
 GIC + RF 18 0.3 9.8 2.1 3 16.7
 Sepsis + RF 13 0.2 7.1 1.5 2 15.4
 Dialysis + sepsis 10 0.2 5.5 1.2 5 50.0
 Other double complications 29 0.5 15.8 3.4 7 24.1
Three or more complications 114 2.1 13.5 47 41.2
 RF + sepsis + dialysis 28 0.5 24.6 3.3 12 42.9
 RF + sepsis + dialysis + GIC 24 0.5 21.1 2.8 16 66.7
 RF + dialysis + GIC 14 0.3 12.3 1.7 5 35.7
 RF + dialysis + sepsis + CVA 7 0.1 6.1 0.8 3 42.9
 RF + sepsis + GIC 6 0.1 5.3 0.7 4 66.7
 RF + dialysis + sepsis + CVA + GIC 6 0.1 5.3 0.7 2 33.3
 Other complications (≥3) 29 0.5 25.4 3.4 5 17.2
Total 5318 100.0 204 3.8

RF: respiratory failure; DSWI: deep sternal wound infection; GIC: gastrointestinal complication; CVA: cerebrovascular accident.