Table 5.

Correlates of complications after cardiac surgery among children operated at the Children cardiac center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Correlates	Complications		Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
	No	Yes
Previous hospital admission, n (%)	7 (19.4)	7 (20.0)	1.0 (0.3, 3.2)
Need for inotrope support, n (%)	20 (62.5)	12 (37.5)	4.9 (1.4, 17.2)*
Days on mechanical ventilator, mean (SD)	1.1 (0.3)	1.9 (1.8)	5.5 (1.6, 19.2)*
Duration of CPB, median [IQR]	123 [100–150]	131 [108–220]	1.0 (0.99, 1.02)
Length of ICU stay, median [IQR]	3 [2–4]	4 [3–5]	2.1 (1.1, 3.9)*

^*P<0.05; CPB= Cardiopulmonary bypass, ICU= intensive care unit, IQR=interquartile range, SD= standard deviation