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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: EuroScore and IL-6 predict the course in ICU after cardiac surgery

 

Patients (n = 2972)

Anthropometrics

 Sex, males

2105 (70.8)

 Age [years]a

72 (64–78)

 Death after surgery [n]

40 (1.3)

Intensive care treatment

 Duration of ventilation [hours]a

12 (8–18)

 Length of stay in ICU [days]a

2 (1–4)

EuroScore

 Low risk (0–2)

800 (27.4)

 Medium risk (3–5)

1176 (39.6)

 High risk (> 6)

871 (29.3)

Laboratory assessmenta

 IL-6 [pg/ml]

206 (116–364)

 Creatinine [mg/dl]

1 (0.9–1.2)

EF [%]a

65 (55–65)

CPB [min]a

92 (75–117)

Surgery

 CABG

1568 (52.8)

 AV

729 (24.5)

 CABG + AV

359 (12.1)

 MV

262 (8.8)

 MV + TV

54 (1.8)

  1. Results are displayed in numbers (%) if not stated otherwise. aResults are displayed as median (IQR)
  2. ICU intensive care unit, EF ejection fraction, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, AV aortic valve surgery, CABG + AV combined operation of aortic valve and coronary artery bypass grafting, MV mitral valve surgery, MV + TV combined operation of mitral and tricuspid valve