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Table 4 Renal, gastrointestinal, neurological and infectious complications

From: High thoracic anesthesia offers no major benefit over general anesthesia in on-pump cardiac surgery patients: a retrospective study

 

GA, n = 141

TEA, n = 147

P value

Acute renal failure

5 (3.5 %)

4 (2.7 %)

0.746

CRRT

2 (1.4 %)

2 (1.4 %)

1.000

Peak serum creatinine (µmol/L)

99.6 ± 37.1

102.4 ± 40.3

0.864

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

1 (0.7 %)

1 (0.7 %)

1.000

Mesenterial ischemia

1 (0.7 %)

1 (0.7 %)

1.000

Stroke/TIA

3 (2.1 %)

2 (1.4 %)

0.679

ICU delirium

8 (5.7 %)

7 (4.8 %)

0.728

Blood stream infection

0

2 (1.4 %)

0.498

Urinary tract infection

0

0

 

Surgical site infection

3 (2.1 %)

0

0.116

  1. CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy, TIA transitory ischemic attack, ICU intensive care unit