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Table 1 The number of patients in each surgical speciality, BUPA complexity category and immediate postoperative destination clinical area

From: Perioperative intravenous fluid prescribing: a multi-centre audit

  

Surgical speciality

Lower GI, gynaecology and urology

Orthopaedics

Upper GI

Total

BUPA category and postoperative clinical area

CMO

57

110

63

230

 ICU

12 (21 %)

3 (2.7 %)

36 (57 %)

 

 HDU/ward

45 (79 %)

107 (97.2 %)

27 (43 %)

 

Major+

79

73

10

162

 ICU

28 (35 %)

2 (3 %)

4 (40 %)

 

 HDU/ward

51 (65 %)

71 (97 %)

6 (60 %)

 

Major

8

3

28

39

 ICU

  

1 (4 %)

 

 HDU/ward

8 (100 %)

3 (100 %)

27 (96 %)

 

Total

144

186

101

431

  1. BUPA category codes are defined in the text of the “Methods” section
  2. Abbreviations: GI gastrointestinal, CMO complex major operation,