Postoperative Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammatory Response in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects

Table 2

Preoperative and intraoperative data in hemodynamic groups.

	()	()	value
Age (months)	12 (8–20)	11 (8–15)	0.874
Sex (M : F)	6 : 16	5 : 13	0.999
Down syndrome, (%)	11 (50)	14 (78)	0.140^†
Peripheral oxygen saturation (%)	98 (96–99)	95 (92–96)	<0.001
Atrioventricular septal defect: ventricular septal defect	5 : 17	11 : 7	0.032^†
Pulmonary/systemic blood flow ratio	2.45 (1.80–3.33)	2.15 (1.68–2.98)	0.360
Precardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mmHg)	31 (23–35)	35 (29–39)	0.146
Pre-CPB pulmonary/systemic mean arterial pressure ratio	0.65 (0.50–0.80)	0.77 (0.66–0.87)	0.091
CPB duration (min.)	107 (86–135)	146 (121–159)	0.007

Numeric variables are presented as median with interquartile range. Differences were analyzed using the general linear model after Box-Cox transformation of dependent variables. Fisher’s exact test. ^†Chi-square test.