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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Aug;122(2 0 1):319–328. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31829aa780

Table 1.

Patient Baseline, Operative, and Postoperative Characteristics

Complex Cytoreductive Cohorts
Staging Cohorts
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Cohorts
Characteristic Enhanced Recovery
(n=81)
Historic Controls
(n=78)
P Enhanced Recovery
(n=84)
Historic Controls
(n=80)
P Enhance Recovery
(n=76)
Historic Controls
(n=77)
P
Age (y) 64.3 (57.5–70.4) 65.1 (61–71.3) .15 62.2 (50–70.9) 61.7 (53–71.7) .96 66.2 (57.8–73.6) 66.6 (58–72.7) .53
ASA physical status 3 or more 30 (37) 32 (41) .61 32 (38.1) 30 (37.5) .94 12 (15.8) 14 (18.2) .69
BMI (kg/m2) 27.4 (23–30.6) 28 (24.1–33.4) .066 30.7 (26.1–36.7) 30.5 (26.1–37.1) .67 27.2 (24.4–30.4) 26.1 (23.6–31.3) .64
Operative time (min) 227 (163–346) 278 (202–346) .059 151 (114–211) 177 (140–220) .042 125 (94–171) 125 (104–149) .58
Estimated blood loss (mL) 700 (400–1,100) 800 (500–1,400) .11 300 (200–525) 450 (300–625) >.001 100 (50–200) 150 (100–250) .019
Intraoperative red blood cell transfusion 46 (56.8) 46 (59) .78 14 (16.7) 13 (16.3) .94 1(1.3) 0 (0) .50
Wound type .031 .073 .37
 I (clean) 18 (22.2) 6 (7.7) 14 (16.7) 6 (7.5) 3 (3.9) 1 (1.3)
 II (clean-contaminated) 59 (72.8) 69 (88.5) 70 (83.3) 74 (92.5) 73 (96.1) 76 (98.7)
 III (contaminated) 4 (4.9) 3 (3.8)
Bowel resection 37 (45.7) 38 (48.7) .70
 Small bowel resection 14 (17.3) 10 (12.8) .43
 Large bowel resection 32 (39.5) 35 (44.9) .49
Preoperative hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.1 (11.3–13.2) 12.8 (11.5–13.7) .10 12.4 (11.4–13.7) 13.1 (12.5–13.9) .015 13.6 (12.8–14.2) 13.3 (12.7–14.1) .42
Postoperative day 1 hemoglobin (g/dL) 9.9 (9.1–10.8) 10.5 (9.7–11.2) .018 9.8 (9–11) 10.4 (9.7–11.1) .17 11.4 (10.6–11.9) 11 (10.2–11.6) .025
Preoperative use of opioids 20 (24.7) 9 (11.5) .032 17 (20.2) 8 (10) .068 12 (15.8) 8 (10.4) .32
 Oral morphine equivalent (mg) 45 (45–96) 42.5 (25–52.5) .086 45 (30–75) 40 (10–90) .86 30 (25–70) 45 (37.5–67.5) .49
 Greater than 60 mg oral morphine equivalents 6 (7.4) 0 (0) .029 5 (6) 2 (2.5) .44 2 (2.7) 1 (1.3) .62
Patient pain comfort goal* 4 (3–4) 4 (3–4) .90 4 (2–4) 3 (3–4) .78 3 (2–4) 4 (3–5) .072
Early discharge plan score 6 (4–7) 6 (4–7) .75 4 (4–7) 6 (4–8.5) .042 6 (4–6) 6 (4–9) .086

ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index.

Data are n (%) or median (interquartile range) unless otherwise specified.

*

The level of pain in a scale from 1 to 10 below which the patient considers as tolerable. Patients were asked to report their personal pain comfort goal in the preoperative period.