Bradycardia: outcome
| Outcome | No (%) of cases |
|---|---|
| *Intensive care admission with recovery specified or outcome not specified. | |
| †Includes ECG evidence of myocardial ischaemia or pulmonary oedema but not admission to coronary care unit. | |
| ‡Aspiration (n = 1), awareness (n = 1), chest drain (n = 1), persistent postoperative hypoxaemia (n = 1), tracheostomy (n = 1). | |
| Good | 165 (63) |
| Death on table | 8 (3) |
| Death postoperatively | 14 (5) |
| Intensive care admission* | 19 (7) |
| High dependency admission | 2 (<1) |
| Coronary care admission | 3 (1) |
| Cardiac event† | 12 (5) |
| Neurological event | 2 (<1) |
| Surgery abandoned | 4 (2) |
| Other‡ | 5 (2) |
| Not specified | 31 (12) |
| Total | 265 (100) |