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. 2020 Feb;8(3):40. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.09.96

Table 2. Postoperative treatment and complication of lung transplantation recipients, by survival status.

Variables Survivors (n=19) Non-survivors (n=23) P value
Time before commencement of feeding, hours 24.26±5.62 32.15±20.99 0.12
Protein intake first 3 days, g 106.32±31.48 85.22±49.80 0.10
Protein intake first 7days, gram 217.89±55.23 181.30±105.75 0.15
The average calorie intake first 3 days, kCal 808.44±328.25 508.18±348.19 0.01
The average calorie intake first 7 days, kCal 836.06±306.37 600.23±352.75 0.03
Commencement of parenteral nutrition within 7 days, n (%) 11 (57.9) 5 (21.7) 0.02
Vitamin B1 intake first 7 days, mg 35.26±57.96 46.43±51.92 0.51
Furosemide, n (%) 18 (94.7) 14 (60.9) 0.01
AKI, n (%) 6 (31.6) 13 (56.5) 0.13
Pneumonia, n (%) 15 (78.9) 20 (87.0) 0.68
Postoperative MV, days 2.84±2.06 5.30±4.57 0.02
Postoperative ECMO, n (%) 5 (26.3) 16 (69.6) 0.01
Postoperative ICU LOS, days 4.95±2.39 6.39±4.12 0.18
Hospital LOS, days 58.16±42.52 24.78±18.31 0.00

AKI, acute kidney injury; LOS, length of stay; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; MV, mechanical ventilation.