High Postoperative Blood Levels of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Are Associated with Less Organ Dysfunction in Patients after Cardiac Surgery

Table 2 Different types of postoperative organ failure.^a

	All patients, POD 1 (n = 52)	Patients in ICU, POD 2 (n = 14)	Patients in ICU, POD 3 (n = 10)
Type of organ dysfunction, n (%)
Myocardial	4 (8)	0 (0)	1 (1)
Cerebral	16 (31)	6 (42)	6 (60)
Thrombocytopenia	10 (19)	7 (50)	5 (50)
Pulmonary	16 (31)	9 (64)	9 (90)
Shock	3 (6)	2 (14)	1 (10)
Acute kidney injury	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Hyperbilirubinemia	5 (10)	2 (14)	0 (0)
Other	8 (15)	1 (7)	0 (0)
Incidence, n (%)
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)	24 (46)	2 (14)	3 (30)
Sepsis	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Septic shock	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

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