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Table 2 The mean and median of overall and postoperative stays of the emergency, elective cases, less than 4 years, and older age group

From: Perioperative mortality of emergency and elective surgical patients in a low-income country: a single institution experience

Category

Mean

Standard deviation

Range

Median

Overall POM day

6.89

6.68

0–29

4

Elective POM day

9.63

7.54

0–28

9

Emergency POM day

5.55

5.8

0–29

4

 < 4 years POM day

4.8

4.77

0–21

4

 ≥ 4 years POM day

7.7

7.1

0–29

5

Overall hospital stay

13.46

10.2

1–53

10

Elective overall stay

20.7

9.9

4–53

19.5

Emergency overall stay

9.9

8.4

1–40

8