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Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled patients with congenital heart disease

From: Preoperative thyroid hormone levels predict ICU mortality after cardiopulmonary bypass in congenital heart disease patients younger than 3 months old

Characteristic All patients (n = 133)
Age (days) 36.56 ± 26.78
 ≤28 days 50 (37.6 %)
 >28 days and ≤ 90 days 83 (62.4 %)
Gender
 Male 89 (66.9 %)
 Female 44 (33.1 %)
Weight (kg) 3.89 ± 0.91
RACHS-1
 Score-1 4 (3.0 %)
 Score-2 46 (34.6 %)
 Score-3 44 (33.1 %)
 Score-4 38 (28.6 %)
 Score-5 1 (0.7 %)
 Score-6 0(0 %)
Type of Surgery
 ASD 2 (1.5 %)
 VSD 12 (9.0 %)
 VSD + ASD 50 (37.6 %)
 COA/IAA 15(11.3 %)
 TAPVC 21(15.8 %)
 TGA 19 (14.3 %)
 PA-VSD 3 (2.2 %)
 DORV 2 (1.5 %)
 Other 9 (6.8 %)
Operative factors
 CPB time (min) 114.23 ± 81.98
 ACC time (min) 46.03 ± 21.59
ICU mortality 13 (9.8 %)
Preoperative serum albumin (g/L) 38.23 ± 4.87
Preoperative thyroid function
 FT3 (pmol/L) 4.99 ± 1.54
 FT4 (pmol/L) 21.28 ± 5.82
 TT3 (nmol/L) 1.87 ± 0.56
 TT4 (nmol/L) 120.25 ± 34.61
 TSH (µIU/ml) 5.72 ± 5.95
  1. RACHS-1 Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery-1, ASD atrial septal defect, VSD ventricular septal defect, COA coarctation of aorta, IAA interrupter aortic arch, TAPVC total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, TGA transposition of the great arteries, PA pulmonary atresia, DORV double outlet right ventricular, CPB cardiopulmonary bypass, ACC aortic cross-clamping, FT3 free triiodothyronine, FT4 free thyroxin, TT3 total triiodothyronine, TT4 total thyroxin, TSH thyroid stimulating hormone