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

Table 3.

Regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rScO2) values for cardiac surgery patients with and without postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) at discharge and at 3 months—high target MAP group. 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=48)
Yes (n=24)
Difference (95% CI)
P-value
Preoperative rScO2 66.0 (61.1; 69.9) 65.0 (61.5; 71.8) 0.5 (−3.5; 4.0) 0.78
Mean rScO2 during CPB 66.4 (60.6; 71.1) 64.4 (59.6; 69.1) 1.8 (−2.3; 5.4) 0.38
Mean rScO2 during surgery 68.9 (65.5; 72.8) 66.6 (60.8; 69.7) 2.8 (−0.6; 6.2) 0.12
Time below preoperative rScO2 (min) 50.0 (10.6; 103.0) 75.6 (10.6; 137.1) 41.2 (−9.0; 74.1) 0.02
Time below a 10% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 6.7 (0.3; 29.5) 16.6 (1.3; 65.0) 5.3 (−0.6; 26.9) 0.11
Time below a 20% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 0.1 (0.0; 4.5) 0.1 (0.0; 6.3) 0.0 (−0.5; 0.5) 0.85
CDL preoperative (% × min) 195.0 (24.8; 486.9) 392.0 (162.0; 915.5) 172.3 (2.0; 172.3) 0.05
CDL10 (% × min) 10.0 (0.5; 107.0) 26.8 (1.9; 148.0) 4.5 (−3.0; 30.0) 0.24
CDL20 (% × min) 0.0 (0.0; 6.8) 0.0 (0.0; 6.1) 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) 0.77
Minimum rScO2 value 53.5 (48.0; 58.9) 52.5 (46.8; 57.4) 1.5 (−2.5; 6.0) 0.44
Maximum rScO2 value
82.5 (77.5; 86.9)
81.8 (78.0; 83.9)
1.0 (−2.0; 4.5)
0.53
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction at 3 months

No (n=65)
Yes (n=4)
Difference (95% CI)
P-value
Preoperative rScO2 66.0 (61.0; 71.5) 65.0 (63.8; 70.8) 0.0 (−7.5; 6.5) 0.93
Mean rScO2 during CPB 65.7 (60.8; 71.0) 70.5 (69.1; 72.0) 4.8 (−2.3; 11.0) 0.12
Mean rScO2 during surgery 68.8 (64.6; 72.8) 69.9 (59.36; 73.64) 1.8 (−3.5; 7.8) 0.28
Time below preoperative rScO2 (min) 0.4 (0.1; 1.8) 31.9 (6.3; 98.7) 28.9 (−22.8; 98.1) 0.29
Time below a 10% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 0.4 (0.1; 1.8) 12.3 (1.0; 44.1) 11.7 (−0.1; 49.3) 0.06
Time below a 20% decrease from preoperative rScO2 (min) 0.0 (0.3; 0.1) 0.1 (0.0; 5.9) 0.1 (−0.1; 7.1) 0.34
CDL preoperative (% × min) 80.8 (14.9; 324.8) 278.0 (62.0; 703.8) 162.5 (−45.5; 668.5) 0.20
CDL10 (% × min) 1.3 (0.3; 2.6) 21.0 (1.5; 125.5) 19.3 (0.0; 143.5) 0.05
CDL20 (% × min) 0.0 (0.0; 0.0) 0.0 (0.0; 6.8) 0.0 (0.0; 7.0) 0.16
Minimum rScO2 value 55.3 (51.5; 62.0) 53.5 (47.8; 58.3) 3.5 (−4.0; 11.5) 0.50
Maximum rScO2 value 84.3 (81.1; 87.4) 82.5 (77.8; 85.3) 2.5 (3.0; 2.5) 0.40