Table 2 Laboratory results.

From: The predictive value of the vasoactive inotropic score in the postoperative treatment of patients suffering from infective endocarditis

 

Survivors

(n = 294)

Non-survivors

(n = 40)

p-value

Preoperative bilirubin (mg/dl)

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

0.7 (0.4-1.0)

0.046

Postoperative bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

1.6 (1.3–2.4)

< 0.001

Bilirubin POD1 (mg/dl)

1.3 (0.9–2.1)

3.7 (3.3–4.2)

0.002

Bilirubin POD2 (mg/dl)

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

2.4 (1.0–4.0)

< 0.001

Bilirubin POD3 (mg/dl)

0.6 (0.3-1.0)

1.7 (1-3.4)

< 0.001

Bilirubin POD4 (mg/dl)

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

1.5 (0.7–3.9)

< 0.001

Preoperative leucocytes (G/l)

8.5 (6.2–11)

10 (7.9–11.9)

0.013

Postoperative leucocytes (G/l)

20.4 (14.8–25.3)

21 (14.6–28.6)

0.794

Leucocytes POD1 (G/l)

14.7 (11.2–20.1)

17.8 (12.7–23.2)

0.057

Leucocytes POD2 (G/l)

11.5 (9.0-14.6)

13.8 (10.9–19.6)

0.010

Leucocytes POD3 (G/l)

12.0 (9.4–15.8)

16.5 (10.8–20.1)

< 0.001

Leucocytes POD4 (G/l)

10.8 (7.8–14.4)

15.5 (10.0-21.1)

< 0.001

Preoperative thrombocytes (G/l)

253 (183–319)

228 (149–289)

0.120

Postoperative thrombocytes (G/l)

193 (151–249)

169 (114–223)

0.025

Thrombocytes POD1 (G/l)

186 (137–234)

154 (117–203)

0.028

Thrombocytes POD2 (G/l)

173 (131–219)

157 (107–193)

0.112

Thrombocytes POD3 (G/l)

157 (121–210)

147 (108–200)

0.157

Thrombocytes POD4 (G/l)

160 (121–212)

132 (100–179)

0.020

Preoperative interleukin-6 (pg/ml)

26 (13–47)

42 (25–108)

0.045

Postoperative interleukin-6 (pg/ml)

185(89–267)

221 (118–259)

0.450

Interleukin-6 POD1 (pg/ml)

98 (61–167)

209 (108–328)

< 0.001

Interleukin-6 POD2 (pg/ml)

98 (65–162)

144 (112–269)

< 0.001

Interleukin-6 POD3 (pg/ml)

65 (37–109)

83 (45–150)

0.136

Interleukin-6 POD4 (pg/ml)

44 (29–71)

66 (42–133)

0.021

Preoperative C-reactive protein (mg/dl)

4.1 (1.7–9.5)

5.9 (3.6–11.6)

0.017

Postoperative C-reactive protein (mg/dl)

2.5 (1.1–5.1)

2.4 (1.6–1.8)

0.773

C-reactive protein POD1 (mg/dl)

4.9 (2.3–8.3)

4.4 (3.1–6.5)

0.809

C-reactive protein POD2 (mg/dl)

6.9 (4.6–10)

5.8 (3.7–9.9)

0.537

C-reactive protein POD3 (mg/dl)

12.8 (9.2–16.9)

11.5 (9.6–19.3)

0.754

C-reactive protein POD4 (mg/dl)

12.7 (8.1–16.9)

11.5 (7.9–17.8)

0.715

  1. Data are presented as medians (25–75th quartiles) or as absolute numbers (percentages): POD: post-operative day; Marked p-values are two-sided significant at least at the 0.05 level.
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