Table 3 Perioperative leukocyte counts and C-reactive protein levels.

From: Ivor Lewis esophagectomy patients are particularly vulnerable to respiratory impairment - a comparison to major lung resection

Variables

ILE

MPR

p-value

Leukocytes [giga/l]

 

missing values

 

missing values

POD 0 (on arrival at ICU)

8.6 (2.9–29.6)

1

13.1 (0.9–31.9)

3

<0.0001

POD 1

10.1 (3.6–71.0)

1

12.3 (4.2–30.3)

0

0.0001

POD 2

11.3 (1.8–24.6)

0

12.2 (3.8–114.0)

33

0.0488

POD 3

9.7 (1.9–34.1)

8

10.3 (3.6–21.3)

34

0.271

POD 4

8.3 (1.0–106.0)

14*

9.8 (2.5–22.9)

42

0.3052

POD 5

7.8 (3.9–21.5)

22*

9.5 (2.5–25.0)

52*

0.135

POD 6

9.3 (3.6–26.10)

26#

10.0 (3.8–21.5)

53*

0.992

POD 7

10.2 (2.9–29.0)

24#

10.4 (3.4–74.0)

47*

0.6968

POD 8

11.3 (3.4–33.3)

30#

9.7 (3.6–28.5)

61*

0.0927

POD 9

12.5 (4.5–49.7)

30#

10.8 (3.4–31.5)

68#

0.0747

POD 10

13.6 (4.2–38.7)

38#

11.65 (5.7–45.7)

74#

0.4021

C-reactive protein [mg/l]

 

missing values

 

missing values

 

POD 0 (on arrival at ICU)

6.35 (0–80.1)

3

6.6 (0–238.7)

9

0.592

POD 1

92.79 (31.6–226.2)

1

87.25 (15.4–300.2)

0

0.24

POD 2

211.3 (82.7–359.4)

0

194.5 (46.8–390.7)

33

0.098

POD 3

219.2 (68.5–403.9)

8

166.7 (31.5–453.6)

34

0.001

POD 4

196.2 (30.1–410.0)

14*

153.4 (37.1–348.7)

43

0.019

POD 5

158.8 (37.1–539.1)

22*

109.1 (33.7–413.0)

52*

0.0776

POD 6

137.7 (24.1–423.2)

25#

74.4 (17.6–338.2)

53*

0.004

POD 7

147.7 (12.1–445.1)

24#

66.2 (3.9–408.8)

48*

0.0002

POD 8

152.8 (12.0–491.9)

31#

85.37 (22.9–270.2)

61*

0.002

POD 9

182.1 (19.0–446.9)

32#

73.1 (8.5–385.1)

68#

0.0008

POD 10

184.3 (4.9–387.3)

38#

97.8 (20.4–239.4)

74#

0.0111

  1. ILE = Ivor Lewis esophagectomy. MPR = major pulmonary resection. *Including 1 death. #Including 2 deaths.