Table 3 Post-operative outcomes of patients with reference to PCC administration
|  | Overall series | Propensity score–matched pairs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No PCC (n = 680) | PCC (n = 291) | p Value | Propensity score adjusted (OR, 95 % CI or βa, 95 % CI) | No PCC (n = 225) | PCC (n = 225) | p Value | |
In-hospital mortality | 49 (7.2) | 24 (8.2) | 0.573 | 1.51, 0.84–2.72 | 19 (8.4) | 21 (9.3) | 0.740 |
Post-operative IABP | 81 (11.9) | 21 (7.2) | 0.029 | 0.61, 0.35–1.09 | 32 (14.2) | 17 (7.6) | 0.023 |
Inotropes | 559 (82.2) | 217 (74.6) | 0.007 | 0.74, 0.50–1.08 | 182 (80.9) | 170 (75.6) | 0.171 |
Vasopressors | 177 (26.0) | 92 (31.6) | 0.075 | 1.18, 0.83–1.67 | 67 (29.8) | 71 (31.6) | 0.683 |
Peri-operative MI | 35 (5.1) | 14 (4.8) | 0.827 | 1.22, 0.58–2.58 | 13 (5.8) | 12 (5.3) | 0.837 |
Stroke | 38 (5.6) | 20 (6.9) | 0.439 | 1.19, 0.32–5.21 | 9 (4.0) | 14 (6.2) | 0.284 |
AKI | 159 (23.4) | 91 (31.3) | 0.010 | 1.44, 1.02–2.05 | 60 (26.7) | 68 (30.2) | 0.403 |
RRT | 8 (1.2) | 9 (3.1) | 0.037 | 3.35, 1.13–9.90 | 4 (1.8) | 8 (3.6) | 0.381 |
Post-operative AF | 338 (49.7) | 165 (56.7) | 0.046 | 1.34, 0.97–1.84 | 124 (55.1) | 136 (60.4) | 0.252 |
Resternotomy for bleeding | 114 (16.8) | 42 (14.4) | 0.365 | 0.95, 0.61–1.47 | 42 (18.7) | 33 (14.7) | 0.255 |
Blood loss, ml | 908 ± 625 | 803 ± 1100 | <0.0001 | −96.5, −222.1 to −29.0 | 935 ± 583 | 836 ± 1226 | <0.0001 |
RBC transfusion | 619 (91.0) | 243 (83.5) | 0.001 | 0.50, 0.31–0.80 | 210 (93.3) | 189 (84.0) | 0.002 |
RBC transfusion, U | 4.9 ± 4.5 | 3.4 ± 3.0 | <0.0001 | −1.42, −2.06 to −0.77 | 5.2 ± 4.3 | 3.4 ± 3.1 | <0.0001 |
RBC transfusion >2 U | 463 (68.1) | 154 (52.9) | <0.0001 | 0.53, 0.38–0.73 | 158 (70.2) | 114 (50.7) | <0.0001 |
Platelet transfusion | 362 (53.2) | 170 (58.4) | 0.137 | 1.27, 0.92–1.75 | 123 (54.7) | 133 (59.1) | 0.341 |
Ventilation, h | 82 ± 202 | 68 ± 99 | 0.160 | −6.09, −34.12 to 21.95 | 73.2 ± 98.7 | 68 ± 95 | 0.871 |
ICU stay, h | 125 ± 175 | 112 ± 122 | 0.191 | −4.34, −1.49 to 0.63 | 128 ± 152 | 110 ± 118 | 0.954 |
In-hospital stay, days | 13.2 ± 12.1 | 11.4 ± 7.7 | 0.589 | −1.47, −3.20 to 0.27 | 14.1 ± 12.9 | 11.4 ± 7.9 | 0.115 |