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. 2015 Jun 19;262(1):38–46. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001095

TABLE 3. Prespecified Secondary Efficacy and Safety Outcomes by Treatment Group.

Median (IQR)
Variable ABThera (n = 23) Barker's Vacuum Pack (n = 22) P
Efficacy outcomes
 Number of days alive and without the following condition or treatment within the first 30 d
  Open abdomen 27 (0–28) 18 (0–28) 0.08
  Mechanical ventilation 18 (12–25) 12 (0–26) 0.12
  Renal replacement therapy 30 (19–30) 24 (1–30) 0.05
  ICU stay 17 (11–23) 9 (0–23) 0.10
  Hospital stay 0 (0–6) 0 (0–11) 0.43
Safety outcomes
 Enterocutaneous or enteroatmospheric fistula, n (%) 2 (8.7) 1 (4.6) 0.52
 Intra-abdominal pressure, mm Hg, median (IQR)
  0–24 hr (n = 33) 16 (11–19) 14 (11–17)
  24–48 hr (n = 35) 16 (12–19) 16 (12–18)
  48–72 hr (n = 8) 15 (11–21) 19 (18–20)
 Grade III/IV intra-abdominal hypertension, n (%)*
  0–24 hr 1/20 (5.0) 0/13 (0) >0.99
  24–48 hr 2/19 (10.5) 1/16 (6.7) >0.99
  48–72 hr 1/3 (33.3) 1/5 (20.0) >0.99
 Recurrent abdominal compartment syndrome, n (%)† 0 (0) 0 (0) NA

*Defined as a mean daily value of intra-abdominal pressure of 21 mm Hg or more.

†Defined as an intra-abdominal pressure of more than 20 mm Hg with new onset organ failure in a patient with an open abdominal wound.

NA indicates not applicable.