Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis of 52 Patients

Table 2

Perioperative values for intestinal ischemia after cardiac surgery.

Variable	Control group; (𝑛=150)	Patients with intestinal ischemia; (𝑛=52)	𝑃 value
CPB time (minutes)*	90.3±16.5	121.7±26.9	<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

𝑛 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.