Table 5 |
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Effect of infection on the incidence of postoperative hyperbilirubinaemia |
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C group |
E group |
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Noninfected |
Infected |
Noninfected |
Infected |
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n |
101 |
32 |
33 |
41 |
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non-HYB |
63 (62) |
2 (6) |
21 (64) |
6 (15) |
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Mortality |
3 (3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
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HYB |
38 (38) |
30 (94)* |
12 (36) |
35 (85)* |
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Mortality |
1 (1) |
7 (22)*† |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
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Patients in group C were subjected to open-heart surgery; patients in group E were subjected to oesophagectomy. Values are expressed as number (percentage). *P<0.05, versus patients without infection; †P<0.05, versus patients without hyperbilirubinaemia (HYB). |
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Hosotsubo et al. Critical Care 2000 4:180 doi:10.1186/cc691 |
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