Red Cell Distribution Width as a Prognostic Indicator in Pediatric Heart Disease and after Surgery

Table 3

Assessment of the correlation between RDW values measured pre- and postoperatively and at the time of discharge and lengths of ICU and hospital stay.

		RDW
		Preoperative	Postoperative	Discharge
Duration of ICU stay (days)	𝑅	0.257	0.342	0.361
	𝑃	0.008	0.000	0.000
Duration of hospital stay (days)	𝑅	0.291	0.385	0.394
	𝑃	0.002	0.000	0.000

Spearman correlation (𝑃<0.005).
ICU: intensive care unit.