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Table 2 Perioperative characteristics of neonates who required arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries in the period 2004 to 2010

From: Early childhood language outcomes after arterial switch operation: a prospective cohort study

Variables

Total

N = 91

n (%)

Ventricular septal defect

p value

No VSD

N = 60

n (%)

VSD

N = 31

n (%)

Operative

    

 Year at surgery

2007.3 (2.2)

2007.3 (1.9)

2007.4 (2.6)

0.80

 Age at surgery (days)

11.5 (14.8)

9.1 (3.8)

16.2 (24.4)

0.12

 Weight at surgery (kg)

3.485 (0.669)

3.445 (0.607)

3.562 (0.781)

0.43

 Cardiopulmonary bypass time (min)

120.6 (39.8)

116.8 (32.9)

128.0 (50.3)

0.27

 Cross-clamp time (min)

66.5 (18.5)

62.7 (14.0)

73.9 (23.6)

0.02

 Use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest

60 (66 %)

42 (70 %)

18 (58 %)

0.26

 Need for re-cardiopulmonary bypass during first OR

7 (8 %)

3 (5 %)

4 (13 %)

0.22

Post-operative, day 1

    

 Modified inotrope score

8.7 (7.2)

8.5 (7.5)

9.1 (6.8)

0.70

 Plasma lactate (mmol/L)

4.2 (1.6)

3.9 (1.6)

4.8 (1.5)

0.01

 Time for lactate to return to 2 or less (h)

10.9 (8.4)

10.3 (8.9)

12.0 (7.3)

0.36

 Highest serum creatinine (μmol/L)

51.5 (12.3)

50.3 (11.9)

53.8 (13.0)

0.19

Post-operative, day 2–5

    

 Modified inotrope score

7.7 (7.7)

7.1 (6.7)

8.7 (9.3)

0.41

 Plasma lactate (mmol/L)

2.2 (1.1)

2.2 (1.2)

2.3 (0.8)

0.82

 Serum creatinine (μmol/L)

61.5 (22.2)

61.5 (24.3)

61.3 (17.9)

0.97

Post-operative, day 6+

    

 Modified inotrope score

1.2 (2.6)

1.2 (2.6)

1.4 (2.6)

0.74

 Plasma lactate (mmol/L)

1.1 (0.4)

1.1 (0.35)

1.2 (0.49)

0.21

 Serum creatinine (μmol/L)

47.0 (20.7)

45.2 (20.9)

50.4 (20.3)

0.26

 All post-operative time

    

 Ventilation (days)

6.2 (3.5)

6.0 (3.5)

6.7 (3.4)

0.38

 Admission to PICU (days)

10.8 (5.0)

10.5 (4.9)

11.4 (5.2)

0.37

Overall/any time

    

 All hospital days (SCH)

19.1 (8.4)

18.1 (8.3)

21.0 (8.4)

0.12

 Convulsions

6 (7 %)

2 (4 %)

3 (14 %)

0.41

 Ventilation (days)

11.0 (5.5)

11.1 (5.4)

10.7 (5.7)

0.73

 Sepsis pre or post-operative (blood culture positive)

7 (8 %)

3 (6 %)

3 (10 %)

0.42

 Dialysis

4 (4 %)

1 (2 %)

3 (10 %)

0.11

 Dialysis or creatinine >100 (μmol/L)

11 (12 %)

4 (7 %)

7 (23 %)

0.04