Research Article

Postoperative Serum Procalcitonin Level Can Be a Useful Marker of Bacterial Infection after Cardiac Surgery Utilizing Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

All (N = 146)Infection (N = 42)No infection (N = 104) value

Age (months): median (P25, P75 (IQR))28.5 (7, 84 (77))6 (1, 42 (41))41.5 (14.5, 85.5 (71))0.0003
Gender: N (%)
 Male84 (57.53)27 (64.29)57 (54.81)0.294
 Female62 (42.47)15 (35.71)47 (45.19)
Weight (kg): median (P25, P75 (IQR))11.08 (6, 21 (15))6.03 (3.34, 15.6 (12.26))12.35 (8.15, 21.4 (13.25))0.0014
Body surface area (kg/m2): median (P25, P75 (IQR))0.52 (0.32, 0.81 (0.49))0.30 (0.22, 0.61 (0.39))0.57 (0.42, 0.82 (0.41))0.0004
Diagnosis: N (%)
 Atrial septal defect9 (6.16)0 (0.00)9 (8.65)0.049
 Ventricular septal defect21 (14.38)4 (9.52)17 (16.35)0.288
 Conotruncal defects39 (26.71)8 (19.05)31 (29.81)0.183
 Endocardial cushion defects8 (5.48)2 (4.76)6 (5.77)0.809
 Aortic defects8 (5.48)4 (9.52)4 (3.85)0.172
 d-Transposition of great arteries11 (7.53)6 (14.29)5 (4.81)0.050
 Valvular heart diseases14 (9.59)4 (9.52)10 (9.62)0.986
 Anomalies of coronary arteries4 (2.74)0 (0.00)4 (3.85)0.325
 Others32 (21.92)14 (33.33)18 (17.31)0.034
Comorbidities: N (%)
 Down syndrome3 (2.05)1 (2.38)2 (1.92)0.999
 DiGeorge syndrome1 (0.68)0 (0.00)1 (0.96)0.999
 Protein-energy malnutrition24 (75.00)4 (80.00)20 (74.07)0.999
Operative time (mins): median (P25, P75 (IQR))225 (165, 290 (125))240 (165, 360 (195))210 (162.5, 282 (119.5))0.100
Cardiopulmonary bypass time (mins): median (P25, P75 (IQR))116 (78, 160 (82))124 (83, 204 (121))113.5 (77.5, 156.5 (79))0.210
Aortic cross-clamp time (mins): median (P25, P75 (IQR))63 (23, 115 (92))78 (39, 123 (84))57.5 (14.5, 109.5 (95))0.033
Circulatory arrest time (mins): (minimal, maximal)(0, 55)(0, 37)(0, 55)0.167