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Table 6 Duration of ICU stay

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

 

C group

E group

Total

6.9 ± 1.1

8.5 ± 1.0

non-HYB

4.0 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.4*

HYB

9.6 ± 1.7†

10.1 ± 1.2†

  1. Patients in group C were subjected to open-heart surgery; patients in group E were subjected to oesophagectomy. Both groups were divided into subgroups according to the existence of hyperbilirubinaemia (HYB). Data are expressed as mean ± standard error. *P<0.05, versus patients in the C group; †P<0.05, versus patients without HYB.
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