Table 2 |
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Variables associated with postoperative complications |
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| Patients with complications (n = 32) |
Patients without complications (n = 28) |
P valuea |
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| ScvO2 (percentage) |
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| Preoperative |
74 ± 10 |
80 ± 9 |
0.031 |
| Intraoperative |
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| After 1 hour of surgery |
74 ± 10 |
80 ± 9 |
0.046 |
| After 2 hours of surgery |
73 ± 12 |
80 ± 11 |
0.022 |
| After 3 hours of surgery |
71 ± 11 |
81 ± 8 |
0.001 |
| Lowest |
60 ± 7 |
64 ± 7 |
0.036 |
| Mean |
70 ± 5 |
74 ± 6 |
0.005 |
| Haemoglobin at ICU admission (g/l) |
95 ± 17 |
105 ± 13 |
0.018 |
| SAPS II |
41 ± 14 |
27 ± 11 |
0.003 |
| Hospital LOS (days) |
13 ± 7 |
10 ± 4 |
0.001 |
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aUnivariate analysis of variance. ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; SAPS II, simplified acute physiology score; ScvO2, central venous oxygen saturation. |
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Collaborative Study Group on Perioperative ScvO2 Monitoring Critical Care 2006 10:R158 doi:10.1186/cc5094 |
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