Costs of relaparotomy on-demand versus planned relaparotomy in patients with severe peritonitis: an economic evaluation within a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Patient characteristics and summary of main clinical outcomes in the on-demand and planned-relaparotomy groups [6]

Characteristic	On demand	Planned
APACHE II >20, n (%)^a	16 (14)	19 (17)
Mannheim Peritonitis Index [28], mean (95% CI)^a	27 (23 to 32)	29 (24 to 33)
One or more comorbidity present, n (%)^a	64 (56)	72 (63)
Mortality at 1 year, n (%)^b	32 (29)	41 (36)
Major morbidity in survivors, n (%)^c	32 (40)	32 (44)

^aAt index admission (n = 229); ^bat follow up (n = 225); ^cin surviving patients (n = 152).

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