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. 2025 Feb 25;20:16. doi: 10.1186/s13017-025-00591-w

Table 6.

Backward logistic regression model predicting death of patients having acute cholecystitis during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Selected Variables Coefficient SE Wald P value OR LL CI 95% UL 95% CI
COVID-19 Disease 1.65 0.33 24.67  < 0.001 5.21 2.72 9.99
Malignancy 0.75 0.46 2.99 0.08 2.12 0.9 4.98
PIPAS severity score 0.02 0.01 3.69 0.06 1.03 1 1.05
Treatment 18.08 0.003
 Conservative treatment − 0.93 0.69 1.81 0.18 0.39 0.10 1.53
 Conservative treatment and delayed LC − 17.39 3099.5 0 0.99 0
ERCP ± sphincterotomy and delayed LC 0.46 0.54 0.72 0.40 1.58 0.55 4.555
*Cholecystostomy/ percutaneous drainage of gallbladder − 1.01 0.51 3.96 0.047 0.36 0.135 0.985
Urgent LC 0.31 0.54 0.33 0.57 1.364 0.474 3.925
Adequate source control − 1.96 0.38 27.38  < 0.001 0.14 0.07 0.29
Postoperative Complications 1.85 0.32 33.68  < 0.001 6.34 3.40 11.82
Constant − 2.54 0.50 25.67  < 0.001 0.079

LC Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy; ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; PIPAS score Physiological Indicators for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis score [https://wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13017-019-0253-2/tables/5]

*Compared with urgent open cholecystectomy