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Table 1 Patient characteristics and postoperative inflammatory markers

From: Serum procalcitonin level and leukocyte antisedimentation rate as early predictors of respiratory dysfunction after oesophageal tumour resection

 

T3 PaO2/FIO2 ratio <300 mmHg

T3 PaO2/FIO2 ratio ≥ 300 mmHg

Age (years)

61 (49–66)

57 (53–56)

Males/females (n)

2/15

3/13

Transhiatal oesophagus resection/transthoracic oesophagus resection (n)

5/12

9/7

Length of operation (minutes)

315 (281–360)

356 (312–395)

ICU length of stay (days)

9 (6–18)

3.5 (3–5)***

ICU mortality/survival (n)

5/12

0/16*

Temperature at T0 (°C)

37.3 (37.0–37.6)

36.4 (36.1–37.9)*

 

T1

T2

T1

T2

Temperature (°C)

37.2 (37.0–37.5)

37.5 (36.7–37.8)

37.0 (37.0–37.3)

37.0 (36.8–37.1)

Leukocytes (×109/l)

9.1 (5.7–11.0)

11.7 (6.2–14.0)

8.1 (5.8–8.8)

10.1 (7.9–11.4)

Heart rate (minute-1)

94 (88–98)

113 (102–119)

92 (77–94)

109 (91–119)

PaCO2 (mmHg)

38.2 (32.4–39.5)

39.9 (32.3–40.8)

36.4 (33.4–37.8)

36.8 (34.8–38.7)

PaO2/FIO2 ratio (mmHg)

185 (149–267)

251 (169–286)

230 (200–251)

302 (260–340)

Multiple organ dysfunction scores

3 (2–4)

3 (2–4)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

98 (79–126)

106 (71–122)

101 (89–113)

115 (70–127)

Procalcitonin (ng/ml)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

2.8 (0.7–5.1)

0.7 (0.6–0.9)

1.2 (1.0–2.1)**

Leukocyte antisedimentation rate (%)

4.9 (3.2–7.9)

19.2 (13.6–28.0)

9.2 (5.6–13.8)

9.7 (2.5–11.4)***

  1. ICU, intensive care unit. Groups were compared by Fisher's exact test and the Mann–Whitney test as appropriate. Median (quartiles) and statistical differences were calculated between PaO2/FIO2 ratio values at corresponding time points. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.