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Table 2 Frequency and percentage of patients' clinical status after surgery

From: Factors associated with long-term mechanical ventilation in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Status of mechanical ventilation

Short-term mechanical ventilation

1070

78.6

Long-term mechanical ventilation

291

21.4

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the first 24 h

No

1343

98.6

Yes

18

1.4

The result of cardiac resuscitation

alive

6

33.3

death

12

66.7

Blood pressure medications

Nitroglycerin

1352

99.3

Nitroprusside

6

0.4

Labetalol

3

0.2

Cardiac medications

No

1066

78.3

Epinephrine

211

15.5

Norepinephrine

12

0.9

Dopamine

1

0.1

Dobutamine

5

0.4

Epinephrine-Dobutamine

5

0.4

Epinephrine-Norepinephrine

49

3.6

Epinephrine-Norepinephrine-Dobutamine

9

0.7

Epinephrine-Norepinephrine-Dopamine

1

0.1

Dobutamine-Milrinone

1

0.1

Epinephrine-Norepinephrine-Milrinone

1

0.1