Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients
Table 2
Perioperative values for intestinal ischemia after cardiac surgery.
Variable
Control group
Patients with intestinal ischemia
value
CPB time (minutes)*
<0.001
Creatinine >2 (mg/dL)
8 (5)
32 (62)
<0.001
Dialysis
3 (2)
10 (19)
0.04
IABP
9 (6)
12 (23)
0.007
Reoperation due to bleeding
5 (3)
3 (6)
0.81
Prolonged ventilator time >24 h
14 (9)
36 (69)
<0.001
Inotropic treatment >24 h
18 (12)
44 (85)
0.007
Atrial fibrillation
38 (25)
17 (33)
0.26
Arrhythmia
48 (32)
19 (36)
0.73
MI
5 (3)
9 (18)
0.03
Cerebrovascular event
5 (3)
2 (4)
1
is the number of nonmissing values; values in parentheses are percentages, except the mean ± SD *CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass, IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump, and MI: myocardial infarction.