Table 4 Potential preoperative and intraoperative variables associated withpostoperative mortality by univariate and multivariate analyses in those 32patients who required critical care services during postoperative care
From: The critically ill patient after hepatobiliary surgery
Variables | Univariate (P) | Multivariate (P) |
|---|---|---|
Preoperative variables | Â | Â |
   Age | 0.999 | – |
   Sex | 0.119 | – |
   History of cirrhosis/portal hypertesion | 0.053 | 0.194 |
   History of viral hepatitis | 0.044 | 0.802 |
   History of jaundice | 0.703 | – |
   History of cardiac disease | 0.718 | – |
   Diabetes mellitus | 0.999 | – |
   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 0.999 | – |
   Preoperative biliary instrumentation | 0.703 | – |
   Preoperative biliary drainage | 0.999 | – |
   Diagnosis |  |  |
       Hepatocellular carcinoma | 0.999 | – |
       Pancreatic/peripancreatic malignancy | 0.999 | – |
       Colorectal hepatic metastases | 0.999 | – |
       Noncolorectal hepatic metastases | 0.999 | – |
       Cholangiocarcinoma | 0.540 | – |
       Benign biliary disease | 0.516 | – |
       Polycystic disease of the liver | 0.999 | – |
       Other disease | 0.999 | – |
Intraoperative variables | Â | Â |
   Operative time | 0.999 | – |
   Blood loss | 0.999 | – |
   Intravenous fluids | 0.999 | – |
   Transfusion of red blood cells | 0.724 | – |
   Elective versus emergency case | 0.647 | – |
   Resected for cure versus palliation | 0.999 | – |
   Hepatic resection | 0.726 | – |
   Biliary enteric bypass | 0.620 | – |
   Pancreatic resection | 0.999 | – |
   Peptic ulcer operation | 0.540 | – |
   Extrahepatic bile duct resection | 0.516 | – |
   Combined hepatic/pancreatic resection | 0.375 | – |
   Other operations | 0.999 | – |