Table 3.
Patient characteristics and use of oral antibiotics among patients who underwent mechanical bowel preparation prior to colectomy.
| Variable | Bowel preparation with oral antibiotics, N = 684 (%) |
Bowel preparation without oral antibiotics, N = 1001(%) |
p- value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 65.1 +/− 13.9 | 65.9 +/− 14.9 | .20 |
| Body mass index | 28.7 +/− 6.41 | 28.1 +/−6.2 | .05 |
| Sex | .04 | ||
| Male | 360 (52.6) | 476 (47.6) | |
| Female | 324 (47.4) | 525 (52.4) | |
| Race/ Ethnicity | <.001 | ||
| White | 563 (82.3) | 696 (69.5) | |
| Other | 121 (17.7) | 305 (30.5) | |
| Preoperative functional status | .09 | ||
| Independent | 600 (95.1) | 945 (94.4) | |
| Dependent | 84 (4.9) | 56 (5.6) | |
| Type of Resection | <.001 | ||
| segmental | 534 (78.1) | 623 (62.2) | |
| ileocolic | 150 (21.9) | 378 (37.8) | |
| ASA | .66a | ||
| 1= No Disturbance | 8 (1.2) | 19 (1.8) | |
| 2= Mild Disturbance | 349 (51.0) | 511 (51.0) | |
| 3= Severe Disturbance | 299 (43.7) | 434 (42.4) | |
| 4= Life Threatening | 28 (4.1) | 46 (4.6) | |
| 5= Moribund | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Dyspnea (moderate or at rest) | 111 (16.2) | 149 (14.9) | .45 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 41 (6.0) | 60 (6.9) | 1.0 |
| Pneumonia | 5 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) | .04a |
| Congestive heart failure | 4 (0.6) | 12 (1.2) | .22 |
| History of myocardial infarction | 8 (1.2) | 7 (0.7) | .31 |
| Acute renal failure | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 1.0a |
| Dialysis | 7 (1.0) | 4 (0.4) | .13a |
| Steroid Use | 16 (2.3) | 41 (4.1) | .05 |
| Malnutrition (>10% l oss of body weight) | 18 (2.6) | 43 (4.3) | .07 |
| Disseminated cancer | 17 (2.5) | 35 (3.5) | .24 |
| Bleeding Disorder | 28 (4.1) | 44 (4.4) | .77 |
| Transfusions | 1 (1.1) | 3 (0.3) | .65a |
| Sepsis | 15 (2.2) | 45 (4.5) | .01 |
| Transfer from another healthcare facility | .36a | ||
| Admitted directly from home | 674 (98.5) | 987 (98.6) | |
| Transferred from an acute care hospital | 2 (0.3) | 7 (0.7) | |
| Transferred from a chronic care facility | 7 (1.0) | 7 (0.7) | |
| Other | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
a
Fisher's exact test; parentheses denote column percentages