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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Dexmedetomidine as an anesthetic adjunct is associated with reduced complications and cardiac intensive care unit length of stay after heart valve surgery

Variable

Adverse outcomes(n = 283)

Control(n = 573)

p value

Age(year)

66 (58–70)

61 (53–69)

 < 0.001

Gender(male,%)

174 (61.5)

329 (57.4)

0.255

BMI(kg/m2)

23.4 (21.5–25.6)

23.5 (21.6–25.5)

0.813

Preoperative LVEF (%)

54 (46–57)

55(48–57)

0.191

NYHA(n,%)

  

0.261

 II

109 (38.5)

222 (38.7)

 

 III

153 (54.1)

324 (56.5)

 

 IV

21 (7.4)

27 (4.7)

 

 Previous history of cardiac surgery(n,%)

30 (10.6)

44 (7.7)

0.152

Previous medical history(n,%)

 Heart failure

3 (1.1)

5 (0.9)

0.789

 Atrial fibrillation

29 (10.2)

65 (11.3)

0.629

 Hypertension

116 (41.0)

231 (40.3)

0.850

 Diabetes mellitus

33 (11.7)

53 (9.2)

0.270

 COPD

16 (5.7)

36 (6.3)

0.717

 Chronic liver disease

6 (2.1)

10 (1.7)

0.703

 Chronic renal disease

9 (3.2)

10 (1.7)

0.180

 Coronary disease

38 (13.4)

64 (11.2)

0.337

 Smoking

29 (10.2)

43 (7.5)

0.174

 Excessive alcohol

29 (10.2)

42 (7.3)

0.145

Medications(n,%)

 Statins

11 (3.9)

12 (2.1)

0.127

 Hypoglycemic drug

31 (11.0)

51 (8.9)

0.337

 Antiplatelet

11 (3.9)

15 (2.6)

0.309

 Anticoagulant

9 (3.2)

23 (4.0)

0.545

 Calcium channel blocker

66 (23.3)

111 (19.4)

0.179

 ACE inhibitor or ARB

51 (18.0)

112 (19.5)

0.593

 Diuretic

16 (5.7)

34 (5.9)

0.869

 b-blocker

29 (10.2)

56 (9.8)

0.827

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, NYHA New York Heart Association, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ACEI Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor, ARB Angiotensin receptor blocker