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Table 3 Univariate analysis of characteristics between the two groups

From: Risk factors and predictive model for pulmonary complications in patients transferred to ICU after hepatectomy

Characteristic

PPCs

N = 280

Non-PPCs

N = 223

P

Gender

  

0.647

Male

188

154

 

Female

92

69

 

Age, (mean ± SD), years

61.67 ± 11.47

58.47 ± 12.41

0.003

BMI, (mean ± SD), kg/m2

25.13 ± 3.77

23.7 ± 3.41

< 0.001

Tobacco use, n (%)

65 (23.21)

40 (17.93)

0.149

History of hepatectomy, n (%)

45 (16.1)

29 (13.0)

0.327

Comorbidities

   

Diabetes, n (%)

68 (24.3)

31 (13.9)

0.004

Hypertension, n (%)

113 (40.5)

55 (24.8)

< 0.001

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

23 (8.2)

20 (9.0)

0.764

Chronic renal insufficiency, n (%)

9 (3.2)

3 (1.3)

0.186

Underlying liver disease

   

HBV infection, n (%)

111 (39.6)

82 (36.8)

0.511

Cirrhosis, n (%)

73 (26.1)

47 (21.3)

0.318

Portal hypertension, n (%)

32 (11.4)

26 (11.7)

0.690

Splenomegaly, n (%)

39 (13.9)

32 (14.3)

0.893

Ascites, n (%)

38 (13.6)

29 (13.0)

0.853

Steatosis, n (%)

6 (2.1)

8 (3.6)

0.333

Laboratory examination

   

Preoperative serum albumin level, (mean ± SD), g/L

39.09 ± 7.63

40.5 ± 4.64

0.020

Postoperative CK-MB

2.9 (1.9, 4.8)

2.4 (1.56, 3.9)

0.027

Postoperative BNP, (IQR pg/ml)

65.25 (35, 119.5)

60.9 (30, 104.4)

0.328

Liver lesion

  

0.098

Benign

30

35

 

Malign

250

188

 

Surgery characteristics

   

Tumor size, (IQR cm)

6 (3.3, 10)

6 (4, 10)

0.986

Tumor number ≥ 2, n(%)

118 (42.1)

86 (38.6)

0.417

Bilateral subcostal incision

54 (19.3)

57 (25.6)

0.093

Hemihepatectomy, n(%)

88 (31.4)

74 (33.2)

0.676

Drainage tube, (IQR)

1 (1, 2)

1 (1, 2)

0.701

T-tube drainage, n(%)

34 (12.2)

21 (9.5)

0.326

Operative time, (IQR min)

320 (250, 420)

290 (225, 360)

< 0.001

Laparotomy, n (%)

263 (93.9)

204 (91.5)

0.292

Microwave ablation, n (%)

75 (26.8)

54 (24.2)

0.512

Portal triad clamping period, (IQR min)

0 (0, 12)

0 (0, 12)

0.212

Associated extrahepatic procedures*, n (%)

106 (37.9)

60 (26.9)

0.010

Anesthetic characteristics

   

General anesthesia method

  

0.376

Total intravenous anesthesia

27

27

 

Combined intravenous inhalational anesthesia

253

196

 

Intraoperative hypotension**, n (%)

62 (22.2)

27 (12.1)

0.004

Temperature, (mean ± SD),°C

35.86 ± 2.23

35.92 ± 0.91

0.723

Intraoperative infusion volume, (IQR L)

4.81 (3.50, 7.28)

4.20 (3.10, 5.70)

< 0.001

Blood loss, (IQR L)

1.28 (0.51, 2.40)

1.00 (0.50, 1.80)

0.009

Urine volume, (IQR L)

0.80 (0.55, 1.30)

0.75 (0.45, 1.05)

0.012

Nerve block, n (%)

31 (11.1)

32 (14.4)

0.263

Intraoperative or postoperative blood transfusion, n (%)

221 (78.9)

150 (67.3)

0.003

ICU first day infusion volume, (IQR L)

6.91 (5.25, 9.47)

5.86 (4.59, 7.75)

< 0.001

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or number (%). PPCs: postoperative pulmonary complications, IQR: inter quartile range, BMI: body mass index, CK-MB: creatine kinase MB, BNP: brain natriuretic peptide. * ≥1 associated procedures in the same patient. **Vasoactive drugs were pumped intraoperatively to maintain blood pressure