Table 4.
Mortality according to day of surgery after intensive steroid therapy
| Timing of surgery Total emergency surgeries = 72 | Number of patients | Mortality |
| Overall | 51 | 8 |
| ≤ 5 d | 17 | 0/17 |
| > 5 d | 34 | 8/34 |
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