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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2014 Feb 15;39(3):195–203. doi: 10.1159/000358495

Table 1B. Intra- and Post-operative Outcomes in Patients with and without AKI following VAD Implantation.

No AKI
(N=113)
AKI
(N=44)
P value
Intra-operative Outcomes
CPB time (minutes) 131.0±36.5 133.9±49.4 0.69
Patients who received Intraoperative Blood Products N (%) 88(77.9) 26(59.1) 0.02
Patients who received Intraoperative PRBC N(%) 61(54.0) 24(54.6) 0.94
Units of Intraoperative PRBC used (n) 1(0–3) 1(0–6) 0.45
Post-operative Outcomes
Net fluid gain at 7 days (Liters) −6.65± 5.62 −4.06 ± 5.78 0.02
ICU length of stay (Days) 6.4± 7.7 11.2±11.0 0.006
Total length of stay (Days) 29.2±59.4 34.5±46.1 0.60
Pneumonia N(%) 4(3.5) 4(9.1) 0.16
Re-Operation for bleeding N(%) 11(9.7) 3(6.8) 0.57
Gastro-Intestinal Bleeding N(%) 6(5.3) 3(6.8) 0.71
Blood product transfusion N(%) 70(68.6) 23(57.5) 0.21
Units of PRBC transfused 3(2–6) 7(4–16) 0.002
In House Mortality N(%) 9(8.0) 14(31.8) <0.001
30 day mortality N(%) 8(7.1) 11(25.0) 0.002
RRT < 30 days N(%) 2(1.8) 9(20.5) <0.001
Postoperative Sepsis (including driveline during implantation hospitalization) 7 (6.19) 6 (13.64) 0.13
Postoperative Ischemic Stroke (during implantation hospitalization) 1(0.88) 2 (4.55) 0.13

CPB- Cardiopulmonary bypass

PRBC- Packed red blood cells

RRT- Renal replacement therapy

Data presented as either mean ± SD or median (inter-quartile range) as appropriate