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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics a

From: Clinical assessment of peripheral perfusion to predict postoperative complications after major abdominal surgery early: a prospective observational study in adults

Characteristics

All patients (N= 111)

Nonsevere complications (n= 92)

Severe complications (n= 19)

Age (yr), median (IQR)

60 (54 to 69)

60 (52 to 69)

61 (55 to 72)

Sex (males/females), n

76/35

62/30

14/5

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.4 (0.7)

26.6 (0.8)

25.0 (1.3)

APACHE II score

13.8 (0.4)

13 (0)

15 (1)

Total SOFA score, D0

4.8 (0.3)

5 (0)

6 (1)

P-POSSUM score

31.6 (0.6)

31.0 (0.7)

33.6 (1.7)

Blood loss (ml)

1,068 (149)

971 (174)

1,493 (234)

Surgery time (min)

324 (12)

322 (13)

337 (32)

ASA score

   

  Grade I

11

11

0

  Grade II

59

48

11

  Grade III

40

32

8

  Grade IV

1

1

0

Type of surgery, n

   

  Transthoracic oesophagectomy

22

16

6

  Transhiatal oesophagectomy

13

11

2

  Pancreaticoduodenectomy

23

18

5

  Kidney transplantation

24

23

1

  Liver transplantation

7

4

3

  Hemihepatectomy

7

6

1

  Partial gastrectomy

4

4

0

  Hepaticojejunostomy

2

2

0

  Gastroenterostomy

2

2

0

  Pancreaticojejunostomy

1

1

0

  Aortic bypass

1

1

0

  Colon interposition

1

0

1

  Colorectal surgery

1

1

0

  Distal pancreaticotectomy

2

2

0

  Subtotal colectomy

1

1

0

  1. aAPACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; P-POSSUM, Portsmouth Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and Morbidity; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. Data are presented as the number of patients, n (%), or as the mean (SE), unless otherwise specified. Nonsevere complications category comprises no complications to grade II complications. Severe complications category comprises grades III to V complications.
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