Characteristics of patients who died at 30 days or in-hospital (n=16)
| Age | STS-PROM score (%) | Epidural analgesia | Time to death (days from procedure) | Cause of death |
| 71 | 8.1 | No | 4 | Mesenteric ischaemia (septic shock) |
| 72 | 10.1 | Yes | 10 | Ischaemic colitis |
| 76 | 7.5 | No | 2 | Cardiogenic shock |
| 77 | 6.9 | No | 27 | ARDS |
| 79 | 11.5 | Yes | 2 | Cardiogenic shock |
| 81 | 3.3 | No | 16 | ARDS |
| 85 | 5.3 | No | 28 | Sudden death |
| 85 | 13.4 | No | 4 | Cardiogenic shock |
| 85 | 12.1 | No | 17 | Pneumonia (septic shock) |
| 85 | 26.1 | No | 44 | Respiratory failure |
| 86 | 6.1 | No | 13 | Cardiac failure |
| 86 | 21.4 | No | 15 | Pneumonia (septic shock) |
| 88 | 5.4 | No | 15 | Pneumonia (septic shock) |
| 88 | 6.3 | No | 10 | Respiratory failure |
| 96 | 15.3 | No | 3 | Cardiogenic shock |
| 98 | 21.9 | No | 35 | Cardiogenic shock |
STS-PROM: Society of Thoracic Surgeons predicted risk of mortality; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome.