Before pathway (n = 23)

After pathway (n = 25)

p-value

Gender (2)

16

22

0.16

Weight

8.0 (4.0 to 53.8)

6.9 (4.1 to 88.3)

Cardiopulmonary bypass time

62 (33 to 150)

57 (42 to 97)

0.66

Cross clamp time

49 (21 to 131)

40 (24 to 68)

0.21

Inotrope score

0 (0 to 10)

5 (0 to 10)

0.15

Peak lactate

2.8 (1.5 to 8.6)

2.7 (1.5 to 9.3)

0.90

Time to feeding (minutes)

360 (120 to 1,320)

180 (90 to 1,245)

< 0.01

Emesis with feeds

4

8

0.32

Total intensive care unit length of stay (hours)

31 (26 to 179)

33 (23 to 58)

0.65

Total postoperative hospital length of stay (hours)

70 (44 to 218)

50 (26 to 121)

0.04

Readmission

1

0

0.47