Prognostic Value of GDF-15 in Predicting Prolonged Intensive Care Stay following Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study
Table 2
Postoperative, during ICU stay, patient characteristics.
Non-PICULOS
PICULOS
value
CPB, minutes
106 (84–132)
125 (89–155)
0.453
SAPS II at ICU admission
47 (40–48)
53 (50–56)
0.001
APACHE II at ICU admission
20 (18–22)
24 (21–24)
0.036
SOFA at ICU admission
8 (7–9)
10 (8-10)
0.016
LOS ICU, hours
27 (18–45)
424 (264–664)
0.001
Mechanical ventilation, hours
8 (6–12)
200 (24–447)
0.001
Vasopressors, hours
12 (7–21)
227 (81–439)
0.001
Severe sepsis,
0
9
0.002
Delirium,
0
7
0.046
Dialysis, hours
0
93 (82–183)
0.037
Death,
0
2
0.478
Data are presented as median (IQR) or number (). CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; LOS: length of stay; significance using chi-squared test or Mann-Whitney test where appropriate.
