Table 1 Baseline characteristic of patients undergoing emergency high-risk abdominal surgery
Variables | Total (n = 1084) (%) |
|---|---|
Age; years* | 70 |
18–65 | 413 (38.1) |
66–75 | 268 (24.7) |
76–80 | 126 (11.6) |
81+ | 277 (26.3) |
Female gender | 586 (54.1) |
ASA classification | |
1 | 141 (13.0) |
2 | 454 (41.9) |
3 | 381 (35.2) |
4–5 | 108 (10.0) |
Co-morbidities | |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 173 (16.0) |
Cardiovascular disease | |
Hypertension | 479 (44.2) |
Atrial fibrillation | 119 (11.0) |
Heart failure | 77 (7.1) |
Ischemic heart disease** | 140 (12.9) |
Diabetes requiring medication | 105 (9.7) |
Stroke | 93 (8.6) |
Cirrhosis | 29( 2.7) |
Dialysis dependent renal failure | 4 (0.4) |
Preoperative sepsis status | |
Non infected preoperatively | 441 (38.2) |
SIRS | 15 (1.4) |
Sepsis | 307 (28.3) |
Severe sepsis | 46 (4.2) |
Septic shock | 34 (3.1) |
Unknown | 268 (24.7) |
Preoperative performance status ECOG | |
0 | 522 (48.2) |
1 | 313 (28.9) |
2 | 148 (13.7) |
3 | 84 (7.8) |
4 | 17 (1.6) |
Surgery characteristics | |
Pathology: | |
Perforation | 431 (39.8) |
Obstruction | 623 (57.5) |
Ischemia | 196 (18.1) |
Malignancy | 211 (19.5) |
Type: | |
Reoperation after elective surgery | 190 (17.5) |
Primary | 894 (82.5 |
Procedure | |
Laparoscopic surgery | 111 (10.2) |
Laparoscopic converted to laparotomy | 188 (17.3) |
Laparotomy | 785 (72.5) |