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Table 2 Intraoperative characteristics according to surgical prophylaxis exposure

From: Gram-negative bacterial colonizations before bilateral lung transplant. The impact of ‘targeted’ versus ‘standard’ surgical prophylaxis

 

Overall

N = 46 (100)

Standard prophylaxis

N = 24 (52)

Targeted prophylaxis

N = 22 (48)

p-value

Intraoperative characteristics

    

 Time of LT, minutes

440 [348–490]

448 [368–490]

430 [339–486]

0.286

 Time of graft ischemia, minutes

608 [506–755]

570 [439–683]

660 [523–784]

0.038

 Blood transfusion, units

2 [1–3]

2 [1–4]

3 [1–3]

0.989

 V-A ECMO pre-emptive

17 (37)

12 (50)

5 (23)

0.072

 rescue

13 (28)

4 (17)

9 (41)

0.103

 none

16 (35)

8 (34)

8 (36)

0.999

Surgical prophylaxis

    

 Carbapenems, n (%)

8 (17)

0 (0)

8 (36)

-

 Ceftazidime-avibactam/ceftolozane-tazobactam ect, n (%)

10 (22)

0 (0)

14 (45)

-

 β-lactam or III cephalosporins, n (%)

24 (52)

24 (100)

0 (0)

-

 Colistin, fosfomycin, fluoroquinolones, n (%)

4 (9)

0 (0)

4 (18)h

-

  1. Data are expressed as number and (percentage) or median and ) or median and [interquartile range]. h: these antibiotics were used in combination with other antimicrobials. Abbreviations: LT, lung transplantation; V-A ECMO, venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation