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Table 2 Parameters at the admission to the intensive care unit in survivors and non-survivors

From: Erratum to: Development of the Post Cardiac Surgery (POCAS) prognostic score

Variable

Survivors (n = 829)

Non-survivors (n = 80)

p value

pH

7.37 ± 0.06

7.31 ± 0.9

0.0001

HCO3 mEq/l

24.4 ± 3.15

21.04 ± 3.9

0.0001

PCO2, mmHg

41.0 ± 6.3

41.3 ± 6.2

0.69

PaO2/FiO2, range

245.6 ± 72.8

226.2 ± 77.1

0.024

Core temperature, °C

36.6 ± 0.8

36.7 ± 1.5

0.22

Leukocyte count, cells/mm3

10535.1 ± 6396.8

13454.8 ± 5727.4

0.0001

C-reactive protein, mg/L

14.3 ± 35.1

29.5 ± 53.1

0.014

Procalcitonin, ng/mL

0.8 ± 4.9

3.1 ± 5.

0.0001

Lactates, mmol/L

29.4 ± 14.9

63.6 ± 43.7

0.0001

ScvO2, %

73.4 ± 8.6

65.6 ± 12.3

0.0001

Heart rate, beats/min

92.3 ± 18.5

109.7 ± 17.2

0.0001

Mean arterial pressure, mmHg

72.5 ± 13.7

53.6 ± 10.5

0.0001

Glucose, mg/dl

181 ± 57.2

193.7 ± 70.5

0.13

Creatinine, mg/dl

1 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 1.3

0.001

Hematocrit, %

29.1 ± 4.4

28 ± 4.5

0.04

Na, mmol/L

140.1 ± 7.6

142 ± 4.8

0.028

K, mmol/L

3.9 ± 0.6

4 ± 0.7

0.47

TnT, μg/l

0.8 ± 1.4

3.8 ± 6.1

0.0001

CK-MB, ng/mL

336.4 ± 283.2

161.6 ± 186.4

0.0001

INR, range

1.5 ± 0.2

2 ± 0.8

0.0001

aPTTr, range

1.2 ± 0.3

1.8 ± 1.2

0.0001

Platelet count, cells/mm3

119490.8 ± 47226.4

119898.7 ± 65476.3

0.95

  1. Values are expressed as means ± SD
  2. aPTTr activated partial thromboplastin time ratio, CK-MB creatine kinase-MB, INR international normalized ratio, K potassium, Na sodium, PaO2/FiO2 ratio ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen, PCO2 partial pressure of carbon dioxide, ScvO2 central venous oxygen saturation, TnT troponin T