The impact of glutamate infusion on postoperative NT-proBNP in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomized study

Table 5 Perioperative NT-proBNP in patients with complete data sets of NT-proBNP Preop and POD1 or NT-proBNP Preop and POD3 and EuroSCORE II ≥ 4.15

Variables	EuroSCORE II ≥ 4.15 (n = 81^a/83^b)	Glutamate (n = 41^a/47^b)	Control (n = 37^a/36^b)	p-value
NT-proBNP Pre^a (ng•L⁻¹)	1090 [460–2430]	980 [435–2057]	1340 [460–2910]	0.38
NT-proBNP POD1^a (ng•L⁻¹)	4390 [2950–6300]	3802 [2715–5570]	4690 [3060–6650]	0.19
Delta NT-proBNP POD1-Pre^a (ng•L⁻¹)	2800 [1650–4760]	2653 [1540–3675]	3050 [2030–5560]	0.13
NT-proBNP Pre^b (ng•L⁻¹)	970 [425–2345]	740 [395–1810]	1265 [465–2985]	0.10
NT-proBNP POD3^b (ng•L⁻¹)	6650 [3840–10,085]	5140 [3490–7423]	8220 [5339–14,550]	0.002
Delta NT-proBNP POD3-Pre^b (ng•L⁻¹)	5210 [3115–8595]	3900 [2995–6260]	6745 [3455–12,686]	0.012

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