Complications and hospital readmissions
death, low cardiac output, stroke, Low cardiac output, neurological defects, paraplegia, Hirschsprung’s disease, disability
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK, STROKE, RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY, PARAPLEGIA, COLD, COMPLICATIONS, COMPLICATIONS
In the period from surgery to hospital discharge, there were 185 complications reported (69 ICBC, 116 IWBC), of which 30 (5 ICBC vs 25 IWBC) were classified as serious (Table Complications following surgeryComplications that were life-threatening or that caused hospitalization, increased length of hospital admission, persistent or significant disability or death.Data missing for 1 participant (ICBC).One participant received alternative treatment to that allocated.In addition, 45/47 (95.7%) participants allocated ICBC and 48/49 (98.0%) allocated IWBC received inotropes postoperatively: in 1 (IWBC), this was considered serious. Low cardiac output was recorded in the medical notes for 3/49 participants (allocated IWBC), none were considered serious: these are omitted due to the lack of a precise, pre-specified definition of low cardiac output for this study.No participants experienced stroke, transient ischaemic attack, paraplegia, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy or neurological defects.Possibly Hirschsprung’s disease.Three participants received alternative treatment to that allocated.Two participants received alternative treatment to that allocated.ICBC: intermittent cold blood cardioplegia; IWBC: intermittent warm blood cardioplegia.In the period from hospital discharge to 3 months, 16 participants were re-admitted to the hospital (9 ICBC, 7 IWBC, 