Table 1.
Patient and surgical management characteristics according to treatment
| Variable | DPA (n = 34) |
Diversion (n = 78) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 23 (67.6) | 45 (57.7) | 0.32a |
| Female | 11 (32.3) | 33 (42.3) | |
| Age (yr) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 57.2 (21.6) | 55.4 (19.3) | 0.67b |
| Median (PR) | 60 (24–87) | 59 (20–83) | |
| Range | 18–91 | 18–86 | |
| Causes of peritonitis | |||
| Postoperative | 18 (52.9) | 35 (44.9) | 0.32a |
| Intra-abdominal pathology | 12 (35.3) | 24 (30.8) | |
| Trauma | 4 (11.8) | 19 (24.4) | |
| APACHE II score | |||
| <11 | 8 (23.5) | 18 (23.1) | 0.87c |
| 11–25 | 24 (70.6) | 57 (73.1) | |
| >25 | 2. (5.9) | 3 (3.8) | |
| Mean (SD) | 16.1 (7.1) | 14.5 (5.4) | 0.24b |
| Median (PR) | 16 (7–24) | 14 (7–25) | |
| Range | 3–29 | 1–28 | |
| Septic shock | 25 (73.5) | 47 (60.3) | 0.25a |
| MOD score | |||
| Mean (SD) | 4.7 (2.5) | 3.5 (4.2) | 0.003d |
| Median (PR) | 4.5 (1–8) | 2 (0–13) | |
| Range | 0–11 | 0–15 | |
| Anatomic resection | |||
| Small bowel | 18 (52.9) | 16 (20.5) | 0.001a |
| Colon | 16 (47.1) | 62 (79.5) | |
| No. of laparotomies | |||
| Mean (SD) | 4.0 (2.7) | 4.1 (3.1) | 0.78d |
| Median (PR) | 3.5 (2–6) | 3 (1–11) | |
| Range | 1–13 | 0–14 | |
Data are numbers with percentages in parentheses unless otherwise indicated
DPA deferred primary anastomosis, SD standard deviation, PR percentile range
a
Chi-square test;
b
Unpaired t test;
c
Fisher's exact test;
d
Mann–Whitney test