Table 3.
Mortality at follow-up intervals up to three years after elective colectomy, emergency colectomy, and no colectomy for patients admitted to hospital for ulcerative colitis and for Crohn's disease in England, 1998-2000
| Type of admission | No of admissions | One month | 2-3 months | 4-6 months | 7-36 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of deaths | Case fatality (95% CI) | No of deaths | Case fatality (95% CI) | No of deaths | Case fatality (95% CI) | No of deaths | Case fatality (95% CI) | |||||
| Ulcerative colitis: | ||||||||||||
| Elective colectomy | 1198 | 9 | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.4) | 8 | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.3) | 1 | 0.1 (0.0 to 0.5) | 26 | 2.2 (1.4 to 3.2) | |||
| Emergency colectomy | 785 | 45 | 5.7 (4.2 to 7.6) | 27 | 3.4 (2.3 to 5.0) | 7 | 0.9 (0.4 to 1.8) | 25 | 3.2 (2.1 to 4.7) | |||
| No colectomy | 6262 | 113 | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.2) | 167 | 2.7 (2.3 to 3.2) | 113 | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.2) | 461 | 7.4 (6.7 to 8.0) | |||
| All admissions | 8245 | 167 | 2.0 (1.7 to 2.4) | 202 | 2.5 (2.1 to 2.8) | 121 | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.8) | 512 | 6.2 (5.7 to 6.8) | |||
| Crohn's disease: | ||||||||||||
| Elective colectomy | 1362 | 10 | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.3) | 7 | 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) | 5 | 0.4 (0.1 to 0.9) | 23 | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.5) | |||
| Emergency colectomy | 1030 | 30 | 2.9 (2.0 to 4.1) | 19 | 1.8 (1.1 to 2.9) | 6 | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.3) | 47 | 4.6 (3.4 to 6.0) | |||
| No colectomy | 6910 | 74 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.3) | 112 | 1.6 (1.3 to 2.0) | 97 | 1.4 (1.1 to 1.7) | 414 | 6.0 (5.4 to 6.6) | |||
| All admissions | 9302 | 114 | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) | 138 | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) | 108 | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4) | 484 | 5.2 (4.8 to 5.7) | |||