TABLE 3.

Incidences of post-operative complications.

Major postoperative complications	Control group (n = 32)	RIPC group (n = 33)	P
AKI, n (%)	4 (12.5)	4 (12.1)	0.948
Renal failure requires dialysis, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
Abnormal heart rhythm, n (%)	5 (15.6)	2 (6.1)	0.339
Delirium, n (%)	1 (3.1)	0 (0)	0.492
Pneumonia, n (%)	5 (15.6)	3 (9.1)	0.672
Postoperative infection, n (%)	1 (3.1)	1 (3)	0.965
Mechanical ventilation >48 h, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
Reoperation, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
Stroke, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
Hospital death, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A
30-day mortality, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	N/A

Data given as median (lower-upper quartiles), n (%). AKI, acute kidney injury. There were no significant differences between the two groups during the period of observation.