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Table 1

Patient characteristics/demographics.

Standard prime (n = 417) PBUF (n = 704) P-value
Age at surgery (months) 3 [25d, 6] 3 [8d, 6] 0.086
Age at surgery ≤30 days 109 (26%) 216 (31%) 0.12
Sex female 195 (47%) 328 (47%) 1.0
Premature1 98 (24%) 139 (20%) 0.15
Palliative procedure 82 (20%) 156 (22%) 0.36
≥1 prior surgery with CPB 67 (16%) 98 (14%) 0.34
≥1 prior surgery without CPB 30 (7%) 51 (7%) 1.0
Noncardiac anomaly 115 (28%) 206 (29%) 0.58
Chromosomal abnormality 127 (30%) 221 (31%) 0.79
Syndrome 138 (33%) 221 (31%) 0.60
Preoperative risk factor2 163 (39%) 308 (44%) 0.13
STAT mortality category
1 50 (12%) 100 (14%) 0.045
2 76 (18%) 108 (15%)
3 85 (20%) 170 (24%)
4 172 (41%) 249 (35%)
5 28 (7%) 72 (10%)
Not assigned 6 (1%) 5 (1%)
Urgency status (n = 413, 702)
Elective 212 (51%) 319 (45%) 0.075
Urgent 195 (47%) 377 (54%)
Emergency 6 (1%) 5 (1%)
Salvage 0 (0%) 1 (<1%)
Cardiopulmonary bypass time (min) (n = 417, 703) 141 [103, 197] 145 [104, 198] 0.50
Cross-clamp time (min) (n = 410, 688) 91 [54, 128] 93 [60, 125] 0.66
Any circulatory arrest time (n = 410, 692) 75 (18%) 128 (19%) 1.0
Operating room time (min) 407 [338, 492] 416 [341, 499] 0.69
Intraoperative TPS3
1 279 (67%) 491 (70%) 0.55
2 122 (29%) 190 (27%)
3 5 (1%) 11 (2%)
4 not assigned 11 (3%) 12 (2%)
TPS at discharge4
1 204 (49%) 367 (52%) 0.44
2 118 (28%) 204 (29%)
3 79 (19%) 113 (16%)
4 Not assigned 16 (4%) 20 (3%)

Values shown are number (percent) or median [25th, 75th percentiles].

1Less than 37 gestational weeks.

2Preoperative risk factors include: mechanical ventilation, ECMO, renal dysfunction, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, stroke, sepsis, seizures, hepatic dysfunction, necrotizing enterocolitis, arrhythmias, colostomy, gastrostomy tube, acidosis, hypothyroidism, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, hypo/hyper coagulable, pulmonary hypertension, adrenal insufficiency, tracheostomy, enterostomy, familial history of ischemic heart disease, endocarditis, asthma, implanted defibrillator, pacemaker, bronchiolitis, single lung, diabetes mellitus type 1.

3TPS is classified as Class 1: no residua; Class 2: minor residua; Class 3: major residua.

4TPS is classified as Class 1: no residua; Class 2: minor residua; Class 3: major residua or reintervention for residua prior to discharge.

CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass; Min: minutes; PBUF: pre-bypass ultrafiltration; STAT: Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery; TPS: technical performance score.

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