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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2015 Oct 22;79(2):318–324. doi: 10.1038/pr.2015.216

Table 1.

Patient demographics and surgical experience

Variable Control
(N=55)
22q11.2 DS
(N=36)
p-value
Demographic Information

Age, days (median, range) 120 (5–4588) 55 (6–4320) 0.73
Gender, Male (N, %) 33 (60%) 16 (44%) 0.20
Weight, kg (median, range) 5.4 (1.9–86.0) 3.9 (2.1–33.6) 0.25
Cardiac anatomy diagnosis (N, %) 0.88
  Tetralogy of Fallot-pulmonary stenosis 19 (35%) 11 (31%)
  Tetralogy of Fallot-pulmonary atresia 5 (9%) 3 (8%)
  Tetralogy of Fallot-pulmonary atresia and MAPCAs 4 (7%) 2 (6%)
  Truncus Arteriosus 7 (13%) 9 (25%)
  Truncus Arteriosus with Interrupted Aortic Arch 2 (3%) 0 (0%)
  Interrupted Aortic Arch 7 (13%) 5 (13%)
  Ventricular Septal Defect 8 (15%) 4 (11%)
  Other 3 (5%) 2 (6%)

Surgical Information

Procedure (N, %) 0.80
  Tetralogy of Fallot, RV-PA conduit 6 (11%) 3 (8%)
  Tetralogy of Fallot, transannular patch 16 (29%) 7 (20%)
  Truncus Arteriosus repair 7 (13%) 9 (25%)
  Interrupted Aortic Arch repair 7 (13%) 5 (14%)
  PA-VSD repair 6 (11%) 4 (11%)
  VSD repair 8 (14%) 4 (11%)
  Other 5 (9%) 4 (11%)

Surgeon (N, %) 0.34
  Surgeon A 26 (47%) 19 (53%)
  Surgeon B 20 (37%) 12 (33%)
  Surgeon C 4 (7%) 3 (8%)
  Surgeon D 2 (4%) 0 (0%)
  Surgeon E 0 (0%) 2 (6%)
  Surgeon F 3 (5%) 0 (0%)

Prime information
  Priming product (N, %) 0.59
   Whole blood 50 (91%) 33 (92%)
   Packed red blood cells and fresh frozen plasma 3 (5%) 3 (8%)
   Clear prime only 2 (4%) 0 (0%)
  Prime amount, ml/kg (median, range) 72 (16–184) 97 (39–190) 0.16

Cardiopulmonary bypass time, minutes (median, range) 152 (61–632) 172 (52–549) 0.21

Lowest temperature during surgery, °C (median, range) 27.6 (16.3–33.4) 27.6 (15.1–34.3) 0.85

MAPCAs = major aortopulmonary collateral arteries; PA-VSD = pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect; RV-PA = right ventricle to pulmonary artery