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Table 5 Patient outcomes (Patients with/without culture 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 culture bacteria*,

n = 7 (41.2%)

Patients without culture bacteria*,

n = 10 (58.8%)

P-value

ECMO support time (hours)

 Mean (SD)

23.8 (50.9)

12.1 (13.7)

31.9 (65.6)

0.375

Hours on mechanical ventilation (hours)

 Mean (SD)

73.3 (67.6)

81.3 (77.9)

67.7 (63.1)

0.710

ICU stay time (hours)

 Mean (SD)

112.6 (59.8)

119.1 (67.5)

108.0 (57.0)

0.728

Fever time in one month after surgery (days)

 Mean (SD)

4.94 (3.9)

3.85 (2.8)

5.70 (4.5)

0.322

Days in hospital (days)

 Mean (SD)

41.2 (46.9)

28.8 (25.2)

56.9 (57.6)

0.997

  1. *The bacteria was detected by culture from bronchial secretion in donor lungs