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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: ASAIO J. 2021 Nov 10;68(8):1036–1043. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001608

Table 3.

Post-operative infections in LVAD recipients by type of infection and time of appearance.

Group A (n=27) Group B (n=14)
Type of infection 0-30 days 0-60 days 0-30 days 0-60 days
Pneumonia 1 1 2 2
Bacteremia 0 1 1 1
Gynecological infection 0 0 1 1
Mediastinitis 0 0 1 1
Urinary tract infection 0 0 1 2
Wound infection 0 0 0 1
Total infections 1 2 6 8
Infection per patient-month 0.037 0.286
Group A vs B (0-30 days) p=0.006
Group A vs B (0-60 days) p=0.006

Group A: normal OSM (n=27 patients total with 2 patients experiencing 1 infection each). Group B: elevated OSM (n=14 patients total with 4 patients experiencing 1 infection each and 2 patients with 2 infections each). P-values ≤ 0.05 were considered significant.