Table 3 Postoperative morbidities.

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

Duration of ventilation (hours)

19 (13–25)

44 (19–100)

< 0.001

ICU stay (days)

5 (3–7)

6 (3–10)

0.062

Pneumonia (%)

44 (25.1)

8 (20.0)

0.082

Tracheostomy (%)

17 (5.8)

2 (5.4)

1.000

Renal replacement therapy (%)

28 (9.5)

11 (29.7)

0.001

Surgical site infection (%)

4 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

Adverse cerebrovascular events (%)

50 (17.1)

13 (35.1)

0.014

Permanent pacemaker implantation (%)

42 (14.3)

1 (2.7)

0.065

PRBCs transfused (units)

3 (1–4)

4 (2–7)

< 0.001

Platelets transfused (units)

0 (0–1)

3 (1–4)

< 0.001

FFPs transfused (units)

0 (0–4)

12 (7–18)

< 0.001

  1. Data are presented as medians (25–75th quartiles) or as absolute numbers (percentages): ICU: intensive care unit. PRBC: packed red blood cells; FFP: fresh frozen plasma; Marked p-values are two-sided significant at least at the 0.05 level.