Table 2.
The relationship between the anaerobic threshold and complications in patients undergoing major pancreatic surgery
| Anaerobic threshold (ml/kg/min) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complications | ≥10 | <10 | P | ||
| n | n | ||||
| Cardiac complications | |||||
| Grade 0–II | 99 | 51 | 48 | 0.308 | |
| Grade III–V | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Respiratory complications | |||||
| Grade 0–II | 93 | 48 | 45 | 0.657 | |
| Grade III–V | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Intra-abdominal abscess | |||||
| Grade 0–II | 85 | 47 | 38 | 0.042 | |
| Grade III–V | 15 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Pancreatic fistula (total/sub-total pancreatectomies excluded) | |||||
| No | 73 | 42 | 31 | 0.028 | |
| Yes | 25 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Pancreatic fistula (ISGPS Classification) | |||||
| No | 73 | 42 | 31 | 0.091 | |
| Grade A | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Grade B | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Grade C | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Post-pancreatectomy haemorrhage (ISGPS Classification) | |||||
| No | 84 | 41 | 43 | 0.207 | |
| Grade A | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Grade B | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Grade C | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Admissions to critical care | |||||
| 1 | 74 | 38 | 36 | 0.906 | |
| >1 | 26 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Re-operation | |||||
| No | 89 | 47 | 42 | 0.306 | |
| Yes | 11 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Operative mortality | |||||
| No | 93 | 47 | 46 | 0.737 | |
| Yes | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||