Primary outcome
| | | | |
LOS in the hospital (nights)
|
10 (6–16)
|
7 (5–11)
|
NA
|
NA
|
LOS in the hospital (log transformed)
|
2.31 ± 0.62
|
2.03 ± 0.57
|
0.0002
|
NA
|
Secondary outcomes
| | | | |
LOS in the ICU (nights)
|
1 (1–3)
|
1 (0–2)
|
NA
|
NA
|
LOS in the ICU (log 1+ LOS ICU)
|
0.97 ± 0.98
|
0.72 ± 0.68
|
0.02
|
NA
|
PRBC transfusion (n (%))
|
56 (43.8)
|
65 (32.2)
|
0.12
|
0.65 (0.38–1.12)
|
Units of PRBC transfused per patients transfused (n)
|
2 (1–4)
|
2 (1–3)
|
0.34
|
NA
|
Extubation within 6 hours after surgery (n (%))
|
102 (79.7)
|
174 (86.1)
|
0.21
|
1.66 (0.76–3.63)
|
NSQIP complication (n (%))
|
51 (39.8)
|
50 (24.8)
|
0.03
|
0.51 (0.31–0.93)
|
Type of complication (n (%))
| | | | |
AKI
|
2 (1.6)
|
2 (1.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Delirium
|
0 (0.0)
|
1 (0.5)
|
NA
|
NA
|
DVT
|
4 (3.1)
|
3 (1.5)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Illeus
|
3 (2.3)
|
11 (5.4)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Myocardial infarction
|
0 (0.0)
|
2 (1.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Stroke
|
4 (3.1)
|
2 (1.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Pneumonia
|
11 (8.6)
|
7 (3.5)
|
0.35
|
0.60 (0.21–1.74)
|
Sepsis
|
0 (0.0)
|
1 (0.5)
|
NA
|
NA
|
SSI
|
21 (16.4)
|
17 (8.4)
|
0.03
|
0.44 (0.21–0.93)
|
UTI
|
6 (4.7)
|
5 (2.5)
|
NA
|
NA
|
30-day readmission (n (%))
|
35 (27.3)
|
38 (18.8)
|
0.14
|
0.65 (0.37–1.15)
|
30-day mortality (n (%))
|
1 (0.8)
|
2 (1.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|