Table 1 Characteristics of patients with post-cardiac surgery mediastinitis
From: Post-cardiac surgery fungal mediastinitis: clinical features, pathogens and outcome
Baseline characteristics | n = 40 |
|---|---|
Age (yo) | 63 [56–69] |
Male | 32 (80) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26 [22–32] |
Euroscore II (%) | 11.8 [4.2–21.2] |
SAPS II | 44 [30–56] |
Admission SOFA | 9 [5.5–10.5] |
Comorbidity, n (%) | |
Chronic heart failure | 29 (72) |
COPD | 7 (17) |
Chronic kidney disease | 6 (15) |
Dialysis | 1 (2.5) |
Diabetes mellitus | 20 (50) |
Under insulin | 10 (25) |
Immunosuppression | 5 (13) |
Including heart transplant recipients | 4 (10) |
LVAD | 5 (13) |
Recent hospitalization (< 3 months) | 22 (55) |
Active smoker | 9 (23) |
Timing of initial surgery, n (%) | |
Elective | 12 (30) |
Emergent | 13 (32) |
Urgent | 15 (37) |
Initial surgery, n (%) | |
CABG | 9 (22.5) |
Valve replacement | 9 (22.5) |
Combined (CABG + valve) | 5 (12.5) |
Heart transplantation | 12 (30) |
Other | 5 (13) |
Surgical procedure duration (min) | 309 [233–437] |
CPB duration (min) | 144 [93–206] |
ACC duration (min) | 88 [61–147] |