Table 4.

Postoperative adverse outcomes

Adverse outcome	Group; no. (%) or median [IQR]		p value
	ICS, n = 186	Control, n = 203
In-hospital death	5 (2.7)	7 (3.5)	0.66
Any morbidity	110 (59.1)	111 (54.7)	0.38
Reoperation for bleeding	3 (1.6)	4 (2.0)	1.00
Infection	11 (5.9)	18 (8.9)	0.27
Atrial fibrillation	104 (55.9)	93 (45.8)	0.05
Renal failure	16 (8.6)	22 (10.8)	0.46
Stroke	2 (1.1)	3 (1.5)	1.00
Prolonged ventilation > 24 h	13 (7.0)	20 (9.9)	0.31
LOS, d	6 [5–8]	6 [5–9]	0.47

ICS = intraoperative cell salvage; IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay in hospital.