Table 3.
Bleeding
| Variable | Control (N=55) |
22q11.2 DS (N=36) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive bleeding: 0–12 hours post-operative (N, %) | 0.03 | ||
| No | 44 (80%) | 21 (58%) | |
| Yes | 11 (20%) | 15 (42%) | |
|
| |||
| Chest tube output, ml/kg (median, range) | |||
| ICU: 0–12 hours post-operative | 25 (2–164) | 32 (3–66) | 0.29 |
| ICU: 12–24 hours post-operative | 9 (0–191) | 15 (1–51) | 0.17 |
| ICU: 0–24 hours post-operative | 36 (5–355) | 46 (5–105) | 0.18 |
|
| |||
| Bleeding described in the operative note (N,%) | 0.09 | ||
| No | 49 (89%) | 27 (75%) | |
| Yes a | 6 (11%) | 9 (25%) | |
|
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| Required emergent re-exploration (N, %) | 0.53 | ||
| No | 49 (89%) | 30 (83%) | |
| Yes | 6 (11%) | 6 (17%) | |
a
Hematologic defect was identified as a possible cause of bleeding in the surgical notes of 3/6 (50%) of control and 7/9 (78%) of 22q11.2 DS patients
Bold font depicts p-value<0.05