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Table 4 Comparison of length of stay in CICU and hospital of patients with and without surgical site infections

From: Surgical site infection after delayed sternal closure in neonates with congenital heart disease: retrospective case-control study

 

Surgical site infection

F

t

P value

No (n = 141)

Yes (n = 47)

CICU length of stay (d)

7.43 ± 1.451

11.64 ± 2.574

21.970

−10.651

0.000

Hospital length of stay (d)

16.87 ± 1.605

22.26 ± 4.341

97.067

−8.325

0.000

  1. CICU cardiac intensive care unit, P < 0.05, two independent samples t-test