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Table 2 Perioperative characteristics of patients with NIV intolerance

From: Remifentanil vs. dexmedetomidine for cardiac surgery patients with noninvasive ventilation intolerance: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Variables

Overall (n = 179)

REM (n = 89)

DEX (n = 90)

p value

Age, years

63 (56, 70)

64 (58, 70)

63 (55, 70)

0.732

Gender

0.487

 Male, n (%)

123 (68.72)

59 (66.29)

64 (71.11)

 

 Female, n (%)

56 (31.28)

30 (33.71)

26 (28.89)

 

Height, cm

166.0 (160.0, 172.0)

165 (159.0, 172.0)

166 (161.0, 172.0)

0.605

Weight, kg

70.0 (60.0, 75.5)

68.0 (58.0, 75.0)

70.0 (60.0, 79.5)

0.218

BMI, kg/m2

24.80 (22.37, 27.63)

24.06 (22.37, 27.18)

25.12 (22.37, 28.57)

0.195

Smoking history, n (%)

38 (21.23)

17 (19.10)

21 (23.33)

0.489

Alcohol history, n (%)

25 (13.97)

12 (13.48)

13 (14.44)

0.853

Comorbidities

Hypertension, n (%)

99 (55.31)

48 (53.93)

51 (56.67)

0.713

Diabetes, n (%)

27 (15.08)

15 (16.85)

12 (13.33)

0.511

Others, n (%)

49 (27.37)

24 (26.97)

25 (27.78)

0.903

NYHA classification

0.886

 I, n (%)

3 (1.68)

2 (2.27)

1 (1.11)

 

 II, n (%)

52 (29.05)

25 (28.41)

27 (30.00)

 

 III, n (%)

107 (59.78)

54 (61.36)

53 (58.89)

 

 IV, n (%)

16 (8.94)

7 (7.95)

9 (10.00)

 

Type of surgery

0.625

 Valve only, n (%)

76 (42.46)

38 (42.70)

38 (42.22)

 

 CABG, n (%)

25 (13.97)

16 (17.98)

9 (10.00)

 

 Valve and CABG, n (%)

19 (10.61)

9 (10.11)

10 (11.11)

 

 Great vessel, n (%)

46 (25.70)

19 (21.35)

27 (30.00)

 

 Congenital heart disease, n (%)

2 (1.12)

1 (1.12)

1 (1.11)

 

 Others

11 (6.15)

6 (6.74)

5 (5.56)

 

Surgery duration, h

5 (4, 6)

5(4, 6)

5(4, 6)

0.474

CPB, n (%)

159 (88.8)

77 (86.5)

82 (91.1)

0.329

CPB duration, min

144 (110, 180)

141 (96, 177)

147 (125, 180)

0.291

Aortic cross-clamp duration, min

77 (56, 99)

81 (51, 97)

75 (58, 100)

0.919

APACHE II

9 (7, 13)

8 (6, 13)

10 (7, 13)

0.334

EuroSCORE

5 (3, 7)

5 (2, 7)

5 (3, 7)

0.387

  1. Continuous data were presented as mean (SD) or median (IQR). Categorical data are presented as counts (%)
  2. NIV noninvasive ventilation, BMI body mass index, NYHA New York Heart Association, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, EuroSCORE European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation