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Table 4 Patient outcomes. (Patients with/without colonized bacteria)

From: Impact of donor lung colonized bacteria detected by next-generation sequencing on early post-transplant outcomes in lung transplant recipients

Patient outcomes

Overall cohort

n = 17

Patients with colonized bacteria*,

n = 9 (52.9%)

Patients without colonized bacteria*,

n = 8 (47.1%)

P-value

ECMO support time (hours)

 Mean (SD)

23.8 (50.9)

10.8 (13.0)

38.4 (72.6)

0.322

Hours on mechanical ventilation (hours)

 Mean (SD)

73.3 (67.6)

67.1 (72.8)

80.3 (65.4)

0.701

ICU stay time (hours)

 Mean (SD)

112.6 (59.8)

98.4 (64.2)

128.5 (53.8)

0.311

Fever time in one month after surgery (days)

 Mean (SD)

4.94 (3.9)

4.22 (3.9)

5.75 (4.1)

0.444

Days in hospital (days)

 Mean (SD)

41.2 (46.9)

47.6 (25.1)

43.4 (68.4)

0.882

  1. *The colonized bacteria was detected by NGS