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. 2013 Sep 6;8(9):e74241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074241

Table 4. Postoperative course and distribution of complications in 290 patients undergoing CABG.

without complication with complication p-Value
(n=254) (n=36)
Reoperation 7 (2.8%) 3 (8.6%) .108
ICU stay (days) 0.9 ± 0.2 2 ± 1.9 <0.001
ICU >2 days (%) 0 12 (33.3%) <0.001
ICU readmission (%) 0 4 (11.1%) <0.001
ICU stay total (days) 0.9 ± 0.2 2.8 ± 4.3 <0.001
Intubation time (days) 0.5 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.9 <0.001
Hosp duration (days) 7.1 ± 3.2 12.1 ± 9.1 <0.001
Mortality (%) 0 1 (2.8%) .124
Stroke (%) 0 4 (11.1%) <0.001
Post-operative creatinin (umol/L) 95.9 ± 39.9 177.4 ± 121.8 <0.001
New renal insufficiency (%) 0 8 (22.9%) <0.001
New Dialysis (%) 0 1 (2.9%) .121
Post-operative MI (%) 0 6 (16.7%) <0.001
Resuscitation (%) 0 1 (2.8%) .124
Atrial fibrillation (%) 44 (17.4%) 2 (6.3%) .129
Need for blood products (%) 119 (47.6%) 20 (64.5%) .088
Need for vasopressors at 6h (%) 24 (9.4%) 12 (33.3%) <0.001
Need for vasopressors at 24h (%) 0 17 (47.2%) <0.001
Adrenaline_6h (µg) 440 ± 211 630 ± 832 0.522
Dobutrex_6h (µg) 31.5 ± 22.1 50.1 ± 11.3 .061
Noradrenaline_6h (µg) 459 ± 245 1433 ± 2303 .518
Adrenaline_24h (µg) 92 ± 156 621 ± 1085 .354
Dobutrex_24h (µg) 71.4 ± 49.4 161.3 ± 158.9 .021
Noradrenaline_24h (µg) 266 ± 452 172 ± 203 .943

ICU, intensive care unit