Table 1 .
Demographics of included cohort
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| Number of patients (n) | 94 |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 67.39 (13.72) |
| Male gender (%) | 37 (39.4) |
| BMI (kg/m2) (mean (SD)) | 24.34 (4.58) |
| Weight change from the highest weight recorded in the 1 year preceding the admission (kg) (mean (SD)) | −6.12 (6.05) |
| Charlson index (mean (SD)) | 8.12 (2.05) |
| Number of admissions (n) | 104 |
| Total number of admissions per patient with SBO due to malignancy (%) | |
| 1 | 84 (89.4) |
| 2 | 9 (9.6) |
| 3 | 1 (1.1) |
| Admission was emergency (%) | 100 (96.2) |
| Admission under directorate (%) | |
| Hepatobiliary (HPB) surgery | 4 (3.8) |
| Medicine | 4 (3.8) |
| Oncology | 25 (24.0) |
| General surgery | 69 (66.3) |
| Urology | 2 (1.9) |
| Death (%) | 84 (89.4) |
| Death within 30 days of admission (%) | 18 (17.3) |
| Patient died during an admission (%) | 13 (14.6) |
| Days to death from first admission (median [IQR]) | 66.95 [35.75, 129.18] |
| Location of death (%) | |
| Convent | 1 (1.2) |
| Home | 21 (25.0) |
| Hospice | 21 (25.0) |
| Hospital | 20 (23.8) |
| Nursing home | 1 (1.2) |
| Unknown | 20 (23.8) |
| Length of stay (median [IQR]) | 19.12 [10.68, 30.09] |
| Discharge destination (%) | |
| Community hospital | 4 (3.8) |
| Home | 72 (69.2) |
| Hospice | 13 (12.5) |
| Nursing home | 2 (1.9) |
| Not known | 13 (12.5) |
| Chemotherapy post-discharge (%) | 26 (27.6) |