Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Child (<16 years) N = 34 |
Adult (≥16 years) N = 54 |
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 8.2 (3.8) | 31.5 (16.1) | < 0.001 |
| Gender | Male | 15 (44.1) | 37 (68.5) | 0.064 |
| Female | 15 (44.1) | 12 (22.2) | ||
| Missing | 4 (11.8) | 5 (9.3) | ||
| ASA | I (Normal/healthy) | 9 (26.5) | 19 (35.2) | 0.257 |
| II (Mild systemic disease) | 8 (23.5) | 18 (33.3) | ||
| III (Severe systemic disease) | 12 (35.3) | 11 (20.4) | ||
| IV (Severe systemic disease, constant threat to life) | 2 (5.9) | 5 (9.3) | ||
| V (Not expected to survive without the operation) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (1.9) | ||
| Unknown | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Smoking status | Non-smoker | 34 (100.0) | 40 (74.1) | 0.005 |
| Current smoker | 0 (0.0) | 12 (22.2) | ||
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | ||
| Diabetes | No | 34 (100.0) | 51 (94.4) | 0.162 |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 3 (5.6) | ||
| Antibiotic Prophylaxis | No | 3 (8.8) | 5 (9.3) | 0.945 |
| Yes | 31 (91.2) | 49 (90.7) | ||
| Time to operation | <6 h | 4 (11.8) | 22 (40.7) | 0.008 |
| >6 h | 29 (85.3) | 32 (59.3) | ||
| Missing | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Bowel resection | No | 9 (26.5) | 13 (24.1) | 0.800 |
| Yes | 25 (73.5) | 41 (75.9) | ||
| WHO safer surgery checklist used? | No, not available | 12 (35.3) | 10 (18.5) | 0.205 |
| No, but available | 5 (14.7) | 9 (16.7) | ||
| Yes | 17 (50.0) | 35 (64.8) |
Numbers are n (%), unless otherwise indicated. All tests are Chi-square, where a Kruskal–Wallis test has been applied