Table 3 Duration of open abdomen (OA), respirator and intensive care unit (ICU) treatment, number and type of bloodstream infection (BSI) and survival

Days with OA (median, range)

13 (1–143)

10.5 (1–88)

12.5 (2–22)

18.5 (2–143)

0.002^b

Days on respirator (median, range)

15.5 (1–62)

11.8 (1–62)

20.4 (9–49)

16.1 (1–48)

0.007^b

LOS ICU, days (median, range)

18 (1–89)

15 (1–70)

21.5 (7–67)

17 (8–89)

0.078^b

LOS total hospital, days (median, range)

35.5 (3–246)

35.5 (3–215)

34.5 (10–143)

36 (10–246)

0.787^b

Bloodstream infection (n, %)

23 (23 %)

8 (19 %)

7 (32 %)

8 (24 %)

0.509^a

  Escheria coli

3

1

0

  Enterococci

0

1

4

  Enterobacter

1

0

0

  Staphylococci

3

3

2

  Candida

0

2

1

  Bacteroides

1

0

0

  Beta-hemolytic streptococci g. A

0

0

1

30-day survival (n, %)

80 (82 %)

35 (83 %)

17 (77 %)

28 (82 %)

0.844^a

60-day survival (n, %)

73 (75 %)

34 (81 %)

16 (73 %)

23 (68 %)

0.384^a

90-day survival (n, %)

70 (71 %)

34 (81 %)

15 (68 %)

21 (62 %)

0.172^a