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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of all patients

From: Time from admission to initiation of surgery for source control is a critical determinant of survival in patients with gastrointestinal perforation with associated septic shock

Number of patients: 154

• Patient background

 

  Age, years, mean ± SD

66.5 ± 13.9

  Male:female ratio

88:66

• Perforation site, number of patients (%)

 

  Small intestine

66 (42.9)

  Colon

63 (40.9)

  Stomach

8 (5.2)

  Duodenum

6 (3.9)

  Rectum

7 (4.5)

  Combinations

4 (2.6)

• Severity on admission, mean ± SD

 

  SOFA score

9.14 ± 3.78

  APACHE-II score

24.0 ± 8.62

  MOD score

4.77 ± 3.23

  MAP on admission, mmHg

66.2 ± 29.9

  Blood lactate concentration on admission, mmol/L

5.69 ± 4.03

  ScvO2 on admission, %

58.9 ± 12.4

• Extent of peritonitis, number of patients (%)

 

  Abscess

0 (0)

  One quadrant

0 (0)

  Two quadrants

9 (5.8)

  Three quadrants

76 (49.4)

  Four quadrants

71 (44.8)

• Fluid resuscitation, mean ± SD

 

  Infusion volume within 2 hours of admission, ml

2858.8 ± 587.5

  Infusion volume within 6 hours of admission, ml

5125.2 ± 712.1

• Microbiology, number of patients (%)

 

  Escherichia coli

75 (48.7)

  Proteus spp.

20 (13.0)

  Klebsiella spp.

16 (10.4)

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa

20 (13.0)

  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

11 (7.1)

  Enterococcus spp.

8 (5.2)

  Bacteroides spp.

42 (27.3)

  Clostridium spp.

6 (4.0)

  Yeast/fungi

11 (7.1)

• Antimicrobial therapy

 

  Initial antimicrobial therapy, appropriate:inappropriate ratio

124:30

  Time from admission to initiation of antimicrobial therapy, hours*, mean ± SD

2.3 ± 0.3

• Surgery

 

  Time from admission to initiation of surgery, hours, mean ± SD

3.1 ± 1.5

  Duration of surgery, hours, mean ± SD

3.4 ± 1.4

  Addition of re-laparotomy**, number of patients (%)

18 (11.7)

  Damage control laparotomy, number of patients (%)

0 (0)

  Open abdominal technique, number of patients (%)

2 (1.3)

• ICU stay, days, mean ± SD

34.7 ± 36.9

• Surviving patients, number (%)

 

28-day

127 (82.5)

60-day

120 (77.9)

  1. SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; APACHE-II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; MOD, multiple organ dysfunction; MAP, mean arterial pressure; ScvO2, central venous oxygen saturation. *Initiation of antimicrobial therapy was defined as administration of the first antimicrobial agent to the patient. **Re-laparotomy includes both planned laparotomy and unplanned laparotomy with the exception of secondary radical operation for gastric cancer.