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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Mar 10;51(9):1473–1479. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.02.085

Table 5.

Complications and hospital utilization after intestinal operation.

	Overall (n = 2,664)	Normal (n = 1,873)	Overweight (n = 405)	Obese (n = 276)	Morbidly Obese (n = 110)	P value
Any complication	7.17%	7.05%	7.90%	7.61%	5.45%	0.82^a
Death within 30 days	0.53%	0.59%	0.25%	0.36%	0.91%	0.68^b
Specific complications:
Superficial incisional infection	1.09%	1.28%	0.25%	1.45%	0.00%	0.19^b
Deep incisional infection	0.15%	0.11%	0.25%	0.36%	0.00%	0.40^b
Organ space infection	1.46%	1.44%	1.73%	1.45%	0.91%	0.97^b
Wound disruption/dehiscence	0.30%	0.11%	1.23%	0.36%	0.00%	0.01^b
Pneumonia	0.15%	0.21%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	1.00^b
Unplanned intubation	0.41%	0.27%	0.74%	0.72%	0.91%	0.14^b
Acute renal failure	0.08%	0.05%	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.51^b
Urinary tract infection	0.90%	0.91%	0.49%	1.45%	0.91%	0.56^b
Thromboembolic event requiring treatment	0.08%	0.05%	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.51^b
Central line associated bloodstream infection	0.15%	0.16%	0.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.76^b
Measures of hospital utilization
Mean duration of anesthesia, minutes (SD)	132.03 (97.98)	127.70 (91.77)	141.58 (114.94)	144.58 (110.80)	139.05 (94.19)	0.01^c
Operation time, minutes (SD)	83.08 (80.05)	79.27 (74.22)	92.38 (95.65)	92.34 (91.47)	90.61 (78.03)	0.002^c
Mean mechanical ventilation days (SD)	0.31 (2.27)	0.32 (2.25)	0.27 (2.33)	0.42 (2.59)	0.20 (1.24)	0.80^c
Mean length of stay, days (SD)	4.45 (10.31)	4.53 (10.84)	4.80 (10.47)	3.98 (7.58)	3.15 (4.88)	0.41^c
Readmissions	6.08%	6.19%	6.17%	5.43%	5.45%	0.96^a
Mean work RVU (SD)	22.19 (8.15)	22.26 (7.93)	22.08 (9.05)	22.02 (8.73)	21.82 (6.73)	0.91^c

Footnotes: Statistical tests are indicated in the column after the p value

represents chi²

represents Fisher exact

represents ANOVA.