Characteristics | N = 88 |
Mean age in months ± standard deviation | 98.7 ±13.8 |
Abdominal surgery n (%) | 17 (19.3) |
Neurosurgery n (%) | 26 (29.5) |
Orthopedic surgery n (%) | 45 (51.1) |
Elective surgery n (%) | 77 (87.5) |
Emergency surgery n (%) | 11 (12.5) |
Re-surgery n (%) | 3 (3.4) |
Patients with intra-operative and or postoperative complications (organ failure and or sepsis) n (%) | 22 (25) |
Intra-operative hemorrhagic shock n (%) | 2 (2.3) |
Intra-operative difficult intubation n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Intra-operative anaphylaxis n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Postoperative neurologic failure n (%) | 9 (10.2) |
Postoperative cardio-circulatory failure n (%) | 2 (2.3) |
Postoperative endocrinal failure n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Postoperative miscellaneous n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Postoperative multi-organ failure n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Postoperative septicemia n (%) | 3 (3.4) |
Postoperative pulmonary sepsis n (%) | 2 (2.3) |
Postoperative urinary sepsis n (%) | 2 (2.3) |
Postoperative abdominal sepsis n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
In hospital Mortality n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Transfusion n (%) | 42 (47.7) |
Mean preoperative hemoglobin levels ± standard deviation g/dL | 11.6 ±1.9 |
Mean postoperative hemoglobin levels ± standard deviation g/dL | 10.9 ±1.5 |
ASA I n (%) | 3 (3.4) |
ASA II n (%) | 31 (35.2) |
ASA III n (%) | 40 (45.5) |
ASA IV n (%) | 13 (14.8) |
ASA V n (%) | 1 (1.1) |
Median length of intensive care unit stay in days [interquartile range] | 4 [1 - 6] |
Median length of hospital stay in days [interquartile range] | 6 [3.7 - 10.2] |
Median total length of hospital stay in days [interquartile range] | 9 [5 - 16] |
Median length of mechanical ventilation (invasive or non-invasive) in days [interquartile range] | 0 [0 - 1] |