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Table 2 Classification of gastrointestinal complications

From: Impact of prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass on gastrointestinal complications in cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Type of GICs, N (%)

Total N = 124

Normal CPB N = 24

Prolonged CPB N = 100

p-value

GI bleeding

50 (3.46)

14 (1.85)

36 (5.25)

<0.001

Mesenteric ischemia

4 (0.28)

0 (0)

4 (0.58)

0.051

HPB dysfunction

24 (1.66)

2 (0.26)

22 (3.21)

<0.001

Ileus

21 (1.45)

3 (0.40)

18 (2.62)

<0.001

GI infections

13 (0.90)

1 (0.13)

12 (1.75)

0.001

Mixed complications

12 (0.83)

4 (0.53)

8 (1.17)

0.248

  1. CPB Cardiopulmonary bypass, GICs Gastrointestinal complications, GI Gastrointestinal, HPB Hepatopancreatobiliary