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Table 2 Perioperative characteristics

From: Hyperbilirubinaemia after major thoracic surgery: comparison between open-heart surgery and oesophagectomy

 

C group

E group

Operative time (min)

517 ± 25

464 ± 19

Transfused volume of blood (ml)

2711 ± 353*

663 ± 154

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

3.3 ± 0.68

3.0 ± 0.26

Conjugated bilirubin (mg/dl)

1.4 ± 0.35

1.1 ± 0.13

Alanine aminotransferase (IU/l)

19 ± 2.2

19 ± 2.6

Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/l)

23 ± 2.2

23 ± 2.1

Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/l)

340 ± 34.6

249 ± 17.8

Alkaline phosphatase (IU/l)

128 ± 7.8

120 ± 5.7

CRP (mg/dl)

17.5 ± 1.14

21.7 ± 1.32

WBC count (cells/mm3)

11369 ± 597

10958 ± 654

Number of patients with hypotension

27

8

(SBP <80 mmHg)

  

Hypoxia (arterial oxygen tension <60 mmHg)

0

0

CRP (mg/dl)

0.5 ± 0.36

0.6 ± 0.39

Use of vasopressors

127

58

Isolated organisms

  

   Gram-positive bacteria

19

12

   Gram-negative bacteria

24*

31

   Fungi

11*

1

Biochemical tests

  

   Endotoxin (>gt;5 pg/ml)

28

32

   β-glucan (>50 pg/ml)

10*

1

Antibiotics

94*

71

Antifungal agents

10

1

Tube feeding

6*

36

  1. Patients in group C were subjected to open-heart surgery; patients in group E were subjected to oesophagectomy. Data are expressed as mean ± standard error. The maximum values of TB, conjugated bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate amintransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, CRP and WBC after operation are shown. *P<0.05 versus patients in group E. SBP, systolic blood pressure.
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