Outcomes of Delayed Sternal Closure in Pediatric Heart Surgery: Single-Center Experience

Table 3

Comparison between the RACHS-1 preoperative surgical risk score and the overall mortality.

RACHS -1	PSC	DSC		OR (CI 95%)
3	590 (28.6%)	103 (39.8%)	0.001	0.6 (0.5–0.8)
4	120 (5.8%)	89 (34.4%)	0.001	0.2 (0.1–0.2)
5	0 (0%)	3 (1.2%)	0.001	0.1 (0.09–0.1)
6	3 (0.1%)	14 (5.4%)	0.001	0.1 (0.1–0.16)
NC	7 (0.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0.612

PSC: primary sternal closure; DSC: delayed sternal closure.; NC: nonclassifiable; RACHS-1: Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery.