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. 2019 May 17;123(2):196–205. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.03.045

Table 2.

Regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rScO2) values for cardiac surgery patients with and without postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) at discharge and at 3 months—entire Perfusion Pressure Cerebral Infarct (PPCI) trial population. Median with (inter-quartile range) and tested with Mann–Whitney U-test. Differences calculated as independent samples Hodges-Lehmann median difference estimates with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). CDL, cerebral desaturation load (area under these thresholds); CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction at discharge
No (n=109)
Yes (n=44)
Difference (95% CI)
P-value

Preoperative rScO2 66.5 (61.0; 71.5) 64.5 (60.0; 71.0) 2.0 (−1.0; 4.5) 0.21
Mean rScO2 during CPB 67.3 (61.1; 73.3) 65.3 (61.0; 71.1) 1.2 (−2.0; 4.3) 0.47
Mean rScO2 during surgery 69.0 (64.5; 73.4) 69.0 (61.4; 71.9) 1.6 (−1.2; 4.2) 0.27
Time below preoperative rScO2 (min) 54.1 (18.2; 122.5) 75.6 (10.6; 137.1) 3.6 (−12.8; 29.3) 0.68
Time below a 10% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 3.8 (0.2; 28.2) 5.31 (0.1; 46.4) 0.0 (−3.1; 1.5) 0.88
Time below a 20% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 0.0 (0.0; 0.7) 0.0 (0.0; 1.1) 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) 0.73
CDL preoperative (% × min) 223.8 (39.4; 493.0) 267.8 (26.1; 768.1) 5.3 (−57.0; 134.5) 0.80
CDL10 (% × min) 5.3 (0.0; 73.0) 9.5 (0.0; 105.9) 0.0 (−4.5; 2.0) 0.98
CDL20 (% × min) 0.0 (0.0; 1.5) 0.0 (0.0; 3.3) 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) 0.95
Minimum rScO2 value 55.0 (49.3; 61.0) 53.3 (47.1; 58.5) 2.5 (−0.5; 5.5) 0.11
Maximum rScO2 value
82.5 (76.5; 87.8)
81.8 (77.0; 85.5)
0.5 (−2.5; 3.5)
0.68
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction at 3 months

No (n=136)
Yes (n=12)
Difference (95% CI)
P-value
Preoperative rScO2 66.5 (60.6; 72.0) 65.0 (58.5; 76.5) 0.0 (−5.5; 6.5) 0.97
Mean rScO2 during CPB 67.2 (61.2; 73.1) 70.3 (61.5; 72.3) 1.6 (−4.7; 6.7) 0.61
Mean rScO2 during surgery 69.1 (64.5; 73.4) 69.9 (59.4; 73.6) 0.2 (−5.4; 4.8) 0.94
Time below preoperative rScO2 (min) 59.9 (15.6; 126.3) 33.2 (17.9; 172.2) 2.5 (−45.6; 30.1) 0.80
Time below a 10% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 4.7 (0.2; 29.6) 1.0 (0.1; 55.8) 0.5 (−0.6; 9.8) 0.53
Time below a 20% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 0.0 (0.0; 0.8) 0.0 (0.0; 0.1) 0.0 (0.0; 0.1) 0.51
CDL preoperative (% × min) 236.5 (33.0; 543.3) 81.0 (41.3; 1046.8) 22.3 (−87.0; 238.0) 0.65
CDL10 (% × min) 7.5 (0.0; 71.5) 1.8 (0.3; 94.1) 1.5 (−1.5; 20.0) 0.42
CDL20 (% × min) 0.0 (0.0; 1.3) 0.0 (0.0; 0.4) 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) 0.63
Minimum rScO2 value 55.0 (49.1; 60.5) 55.3 (48.5; 62.9) 1.0 (−5.0; 7.0) 0.70
Maximum rScO2 value 82.3 (77.0; 87.4) 83.5 (70.0; 89.1) 0.0 (−5.5; 6.5) 0.94