Table 3.
Distribution of complications stratified by type of chemotherapy received.
| Standard | Intraperitoneal | Dose Dense | P-value | ||||
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Hospitalization or emergency department visits | |||||||
| Electrolyte disorders | 478 | (11.6) | 195 | (22.7) | 116 | (12.9) | <0.001 |
| Constitutional symptoms | 349 | (8.4) | 100 | (11.6) | 79 | (8.8) | 0.01 |
| Gastrointestinal disorders | 548 | (13.3) | 212 | (24.7) | 123 | (13.7) | <0.001 |
| Malnutrition | 180 | (4.4) | 56 | (6.5) | 53 | (5.9) | 0.01 |
| Anemia & red cell transfusion | 448 | (10.8) | 133 | (15.5) | 126 | (14.0) | <0.001 |
| Neutropenia | 205 | (5.0) | 67 | (7.8) | 43 | (4.8) | 0.002 |
| Thrombocytopenia | 82 | (2.0) | 18 | (2.1) | 16 | (1.8) | 0.89 |
| Venous thromboembolism | 208 | (5.0) | 72 | (8.4) | 51 | (5.7) | <0.001 |
| Infection | 636 | (15.4) | 162 | (18.9) | 138 | (15.4) | 0.04 |
Outcomes were compared using χ2 tests.