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. 2018 Jan 8;13(1):e0190711. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190711

Table 3. Recovery profiles of patients with and without postoperative ileus (POI), and those with and without intraoperative hypothermia.

POI
(n = 122)
Non-POI
(n = 515)
P value
Length of postoperative hospital stay (days) 8.0 (7.0–9.0) 6.0 (5.0–7.0) <0.001*
Time to the first solid food intake (days) 3.0 (2.0–4.3) 2.0 (2.0–3.0) <0.001*
Time to pass flatus or passage of stool (days) 3.0 (3.0–5.0) 3.0 (2.0–3.0) <0.001*
Intraoperative hypothermia
(n = 530)
Intraoperative normothermia (n = 107) P value
Length of postoperative hospital stay (days) 6.9±2.9 6.2±1.8 0.027*
Time to the first solid food intake (days) 2.0 (2.0–4.0) 2.0 (2.0–3.0) 0.003*
Time to pass flatus or passage of stool (days) 3.0 (2.0–3.0) 3.0 (2.0–3.0) 0.075
Wound dehiscence 7 0 0.608

Values are means ± standard deviation, medians (interquartile range), or numbers.

*Significant difference (P <0.05).