Table 3.

Comparison of postoperative features of the study patients

Variables	Patients without pneumonia (338)	Patients with pneumonia (253)	P_value
Dose of norepinephrine (mg/day)	5.079 (10.559)	3.431 (8.144)	0.055
Use of norepinephrine, continuous (n)	60 (0.178)	33 (0.13)	0.15
Dose of telipressin (mg/day)	0.148 (0.414)	0.079 (0.314)	0.012
Use of dopamine, continuous (n)	85 (0.251)	46 (0.182)	0.055
Dose of dopamine (mg/day)	47.544 (72.198)	35.473 (63.069)	0.013
Use of epinephrine, continuous (n)	7 (0.021)	2 (0.008)	0.358
Dose of epinephrine (mg/day)	1.883 (3.91)	1.469 (3.011)	0.143
Tacrolimus (n)	3 (0.009)	1 (0.004)	0.83
Postoperative hospitalization (day)	22 (17, 31)	23 (17, 33)	0.046
Total hospitalization (day)	39 (24, 53)	32 (20, 48)	0.008
Total cost (yuan)	301,467 (244,611, 394,379)	294,620 (244,519, 377,520)	0.418

Data were expressed as frequency (proportion) or median (IQR). Continuous variables were presented with mean along with standard deviation (SD), or median (interquartile range). The bold emphasis means that p < 0.05