Early clinical outcomes of two regimens of prophylactic antibiotics in cardiac surgical patients with delayed sternal closure

Table 2 Laboratory test measurements among the studied population

Variable	All patients, n = 53	Narrow-spectrum antibiotics, n = 12	Broad-spectrum antibiotics, n = 41	P value
Creatinine in micromole/L	95.0 (72.0-110) (N = 51)	79.0 (ΔIQR 24.0) (n = 11)	95.0 (ΔIQR 46.0) (n = 40)	0.688
Highest creatinine in micromole/L	110 (85.0-175) (N = 51)	95.0 (ΔIQR 29.0) (n = 11)	107.5 (ΔIQR 106) (n = 40)	0.457
Bilirubin in micromole/L	9.0 (6.9-17.1) (N = 47)	8.6 (ΔIQR 26.5) (n = 10)	9.5 (ΔIQR 6.7) (n = 37)	0.755
SGPT in U/L	26.0 (18.0-40.0) (N = 47)	18.0 (ΔIQR 13.5) (n = 9)	25.5 (ΔIQR 22.3) (n = 38)	0.185
HbA1c as %	6.3 ± 1.6	5.9 ± 1.7	6.3 ± 1.5	0.243
Hb in mg/dL	12.9 ± 2.0 (N = 52)	13.2 ± 1.9 (n = 12)	12.7 ± 2.0 (n = 40)	0.239
WBC as 103/U	10.8 ± 5.2 (N = 49)	6.8 (ΔIQR 4.0) (n = 10)	8.8 (ΔIQR 3.0) (n = 39)	0.076

Data are median (IQR) or mean ± standard deviation. Hb: Hemoglobin; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; IQR: Interquartile range; SGPT: Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase; WBC: White blood cells.