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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2015 Mar 27;197(1):118–125. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.03.063

Table 2. Patient characteristics by Procedure Type.

Procedure N (%) Age Mean (±SD) Female N (%) BMI Mean (±SD) DNR N (%) Independent Functional Status N (%) Pre-op Sepsis N (%) >10% Weight Loss N (%) Emergency Operations N (%)
Bowel Resection 6210 (28.5%) 63 (13) 3086 (49.8%) 26.6 (6.3) 178 (2.9%) 5168 (83.2%) 1277 (20.7%) 1052 (16.9%) 1315 (21.2%)
Other Gastrointestinal Procedures 5548 (25.5%) 61 (13) 2581 (46.6%) 26.8 (6.5) 184 (3.3%) 4675 (84.3%) 920 (16.7%) 965 (17.4%) 807 (14.5%)
Multivisceral Resection 3455 (9.5%) 60 (13) 1067 (51.8%) 27.0 (6.2) 29 (1.4%) 1854 (89.8%) 236 (11.5%) 302 (14.6%) 187 (9.1%)
Celiotomy/Lysis of Adhesions 1501 (6.9%) 61 (14) 759 (50.5%) 26.3 (6.9) 60 (4.0%) 1109 (73.6%) 451 (30.1%) 271 (18.0%) 419 (27.8%)
Cholecystectomy/ Appendectomy 805 (3.7%) 60 (14) 416 (51.8%) 27.7 (6.6) 19 (2.4%) 722 (89.8%) 192 (24.0%) 81 (10.1%) 172 (21.4%)
Gastrectomy 248 (1.1%) 66 (13) 106 (42.7%) 26.3 (6.3) 10 (4.0%) 199 (80.2%) 54 (22.0%) 55 (22.2%) 46 (18.5%)
Skin and Soft Tissue 1377 (6.3%) 59 (14) 1205 (87.8%) 28.7 (7.1) 12 (0.9%) 1264 (91.8%) 98 (7.2%) 65 (4.7%) 66 (4.8%)
Orthopedic 1145 (5.3%) 63 (15) 547 (47.8%) 27.4 (7.0) 56 (4.9%) 817 (71.4%) 178 (15.7%) 107 (9.3%) 129 (11.3%)
Biopsy 989 (4.5%) 59 (14) 471 (87.8%) 28.2 (6.8) 12 (1.2%) 932 (94.2%) 43 (4.4%) 106 (10.7%) 28 (2.8%)
Vascular 675 (3.1%) 69 (12) 250 (37.1%) 26.5 (6.1) 31 (4.6%) 480 (71.1%) 152 (22.7%) 67 (9.9%) 223 (33.0%)
Thyroid/ Parathyroid 280 (1.3%) 59 (15) 170 (60.7%) 29.3 (7.1) 1 (0.4%) 265 (94.6%) 4 (1.4%) 10 (3.6%) 3 (1.1%)
Other 2798 (12.9%) 62 (14) 1405 (50.4%) 27.4 (6.4) 79 (2.8%) 2303 (82.3%) 309 (11.2%) 282 (10.1%) 218 (7.8%)