Table 4.

Postoperative complications and outcomes by treatment

	Placebo		Elafin
Postoperative complications and outcomes (48 h)
Death	0	(0)	0	(0)
Stroke	0	(0)	0	(0)
Myocardial infarction	0	(0)	1	(2.3)
Inotrope or balloon pump support for >24 h	10	(27.3)	12	(23.3)
Red cell transfusion postoperative	12	(27.9)	12	(27.3)
Reoperation for bleeding	2	(4.7)	1	(2.3)
Respiratory complications	3	(7.0)	5	(11.4)
Antibiotic administration	2	(4.7)	4	(9.1)
Atrial fibrillation	4	(9.3)	3	(6.8)
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)
24 h	0.90±0.32		0.87±0.32
48 h	0.96±0.48		0.88±0.42

Data are number of patients (%) or mean±SD.