Table 2.

Top 10 clinical conditions that influence 30-day mortality and long-term mortality after major gastrointestinal surgery

30-Day mortality	Long-term survival
Any complication	Older age
ASA class	Albumin concn (g/dl)
Emergency surgery	Any complication
Albumin concn (g/dl)	ASA class
RBC units transfused intraoperatively	Blood urea nitrogen concn >40 mg/dl
Older age	COPD
Sodium concn <135 nmol/l	Smoking
Disseminated cancer	Diabetes
Blood urea nitrogen concn >40 mg/dl	Functional status
SGOT >40 IU/ml	Disseminated cancer

ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists; concn concentration; COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; RBC red blood cells; SGOT serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase