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Table 2 Twenty-four hour preoperative serum parameters in post operative non-POEE and POEE patients (means ± SD). From the 56 determined parameters, those selected by one of the classification programs or exhibiting significant differences are shown

From: Preoperative prediction of pediatric patients with effusions and edema following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery by serological and routine laboratory data

Parameter (units)

Non-POEE (n)

POEE (n)

P-value

Classifier

C1-inhibitor (mg/l)

937 ± 270 (46)

888 ± 342.0 (29)

0.49*

C

C3 (mg/l)

1329 ± 200 (46)

1467 ± 325.0 (29)

0.022*

C

C5 (mg/l)

128.7 ± 54.3 (46)

177.4 ± 87.4 (28)

0.001+

C

C5a (mg/l)

0.45 ± 0.36 (46)

0.73 ± 1.08 (29)

0.09+

S

C5a/C5-ratio

0.38 ± 0.29 (46)

0.51 ± 0.72 (28)

0.39+

S

TNF-α (ng/l)

36.2 ± 118.8 (45)

63.5 ± 222.4 (29)

0.028+

 

IL-10 (ng/l)

1.50 ± 4.89 (46)

3.95 ± 11.15 (29)

0.18+

S

sL-selectin (μg/l)

1299 ± 294 (44)

1434 ± 37 (24)

0.27*

S,C

% lymphocytes

41.7 ± 11.0 (46)

34.9 ± 10.1 (29)

0.010*

 

% neutrophils

46.7 ± 11.3 (46)

54.9 ± 11.8 (29)

0.005*

S

Neutrophils (cells/μl)

3506 ± 1500 (45)

4219 ± 1490 (27)

0.086*

C

Monocytes (cells/μl)

579 ± 219 (45)

634 ± 242 (27)

0.23*

S

Eosinophils (cells/μl)

218 ± 195 (45)

206 ± 226 (27)

0.83+

C

Serum protein (g/l)

72.3 ± 5.0 (41)

70.9 ± 5.9 (28)

0.27*

S

Hematocrit (%)

37.3 ± 5.0 (44)

40.2 ± 10.8 (27)

0.14+

S,C

Partial thrombin time (s)

35.9 ± 3.7 (45)

35.2 ± 4.6 (28)

0.56*

C

Potassium (mmol/l)

4.2 ± 0.3 (45)

4.1 ± 0.5 (28)

0.55*

C

Body weight (kg)

27.3 ± 11.9 (46)

35.0 ± 13.7 (29)

0.008+

S

  1. *Two-tailed Student's t-test, +Mann-Whitney U-test. Parameter used by S = SPSS classifier, C = CLASSIF1 classifier or S,C= both classifiers. n =number of patients. IL, interleukin; POEE, postoperative effusions and edema; sL-selectin, soluble leukocytic-selectin; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha.