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Table 2 Comparison of survivors to hospital discharge and non-survivors

From: APACHE III outcome prediction in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

 

Survivor

Non-survivor

P-value

 

N = 887

N = 31

 

Age (yrs)

51.5 (10.8)

52.8 (11.0)

0.51

Male

561

18

 

Female

326

13

0.57

MELD*

25.0 (7.7)

25.6 (8.0)

0.78

Caucasian

757

27

0.73

Total anesthesia time (mins.)

384 (325, 447)

424 (351, 494)

0.05

Total surgical time (mins.)

295 (239, 361)

329 (254, 403)

0.09

Total anhepatic time (mins.)

75 (63, 89)

77 (66, 95)

0.7

Intra-op PRBCs (units)

4.0 (2.0, 7.0)

9.5 (4.3, 16.8)

< 0.01

APS

50.3 (23.1)

66.6 (31.9)

< 0.01

APIII

59.9 (25.2)

79.0 (34.5)

< 0.01

Pred. ICU death %, (S.D.)

7.0 (14.8)

17.6 (25.9)

< 0.01

Pred. ICU LOS days, median (IQR)

4.4 (3.4, 5.6)

5.6 (4.2, 6.7)

< 0.01

Actual ICU LOS days, median (IQR)

1.2 (0.9, 2.0)

2.8 (1.1, 8.8)

< 0.01

Pred Hosp death %, (S.D.)

10.2 (18.4)

22.2 (28.5)

< 0.01

Pred Hosp LOS days, median (IQR)

15.8 (13.1, 22.4)

20.0 (15.3, 23.9)

0.03

Actual Hosp LOS days, median (IQR)

10.3 (8.3, 18.1)

21.2 (7.9, 37.2)

0.02

Pred ventilator days, median (IQR)

3.5 (2.3, 4.1)

3.6 (2.9, 4.3)

0.16

  1. Values are means (standard deviation) or medians (interquartile range)
  2. *MELD data are for 514 patients
  3. APS = Acute Physiology Score
  4. APII = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III
  5. Pred. = Predicted
  6. Hosp. = Hospital
  7. ICU = Intensive Care Unit
  8. LOS = Length of stay
  9. Intra-op PRBCs = Intraoperative packed red blood cells
  10. MELD = Model for end-stage liver disease
  11. Mins. = minutes
  12. Yrs = years