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Table 3 Postoperative complications and outcomes between patients with and without low cardiac output

From: Predictors of low cardiac output after isolated pericardiectomy: an observational study

Postoperative outcomes (n, %)

Total (n = 235)

LCO (n = 55)

Non-LCO (n = 157)

P value

OR (95% CI)

Tachyarrhythmia

46, 21.7%

28, 50.9%

18, 11.4%

< 0.001*

8.01(3.89, 16.48)

AKI

92, 43.4%

42, 76.4%

50, 31.8%

< 0.001*

6.91(3.41, 14.02)

New-onset CKD

6, 2.6%

6, 10.9%

0, 0.0%

< 0.001*

22.12 (2.66,184.15)

Delirium

26, 12.3%

20, 36.4%

6, 3.8%

< 0.001*

14.38(5.38, 38.46)

Hemofiltration

35, 14.9%

25, 45.5%

5, 3.2%

< 0.001*

25.33 (8.98, 71.46)

IABP

8, 3.4%

7, 12.7%

0, 0.0%

< 0.001*

25.80 (3.15, 211.37)

ECMO

7, 3.0%

6, 10.9%

0, 0.0%

< 0.001*

22.12 (2.66, 184.15)

Ventilator (hrs)

30 (18, 84)

142(75, 272)

24 (15, 45)

< 0.001*

104 (69, 135)

ICU stay (days)

3 (2, 6)

11 (5,17)

2 (2, 4)

< 0.001*

7 (5, 10)

LOS (days)

24 (17, 34)

34 (25, 59)

22 (16, 28)

< 0.001*

13 (8, 18)

Mortality

11, 4.7%

9, 16.4%

0, 0.0%

< 0.001*

33.62(4.19, 269.43)

  1. *Statistically significant difference