Table 2.
Outcome parameters by donor sodium value.
| Patients with sodium <145 mmol/l N=199 (42%) |
Patients with sodium 145–154 mmol/l N=199 (42%) |
Patients with sodium ≥155 mmol/l N=76 (16%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time on mechanical ventilation, days | 8±25 | 7±17 | 9±15 | 0.204 |
| Mechanical ventilation >24 hours | 174 (87%) | 160 (80%) | 67 (88%) | 0.097 |
| Mechanical ventilation >48 hours | 116 (58%) | 100 (50%) | 42 (55%) | 0.270 |
| Mechanical ventilation >72 hours | 88 (44%) | 74 (37%) | 35 (46%) | 0.246 |
| Severe grade 3 PGD at at ICU admission (23 missing) | 49 (25%) | 47 (25%) | 17 (22%) | 0.381 |
| Severe grade 3 PGD at 24 hours (27 missing) | 19 (10%) | 18 (9%) | 8 (11%) | 0.453 |
| Severe grade 3 PGD at 48 hours (27 missing) | 10 (5%) | 15 (8%) | 4 (5%) | 0.361 |
| Severe grade 3 PGD at 72 hours (33 missing) | 12 (6%) | 14 (7%) | 8 (11%) | 0.074 |
| ICU length of stay, days | 10±13 | 13±21 | 15±20 | 0.858 |
| Hospital length of stay, days | 42±27 | 41±29 | 45±29 | 0.651 |
| 1-year mortality | 25 (12%) | 28 (14%) | 11 (14%) | 0.344 |
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables and as numbers (percentages) for categorical variables. PGD – primary graft dysfunction; ICU – intensive care unit.