Table 1.
Baseline characteristic of patients undergoing emergency high-risk abdominal surgery
| Variables | Total (n = 1084) (%) |
|---|---|
| Age; years* | 70 |
| 18–65 | 413 (38.1) |
| 66–75 | 268 (24.7) |
| 76–80 | 126 (11.6) |
| 81+ | 277 (26.3) |
| Female gender | 586 (54.1) |
| ASA classification | |
| 1 | 141 (13.0) |
| 2 | 454 (41.9) |
| 3 | 381 (35.2) |
| 4–5 | 108 (10.0) |
| Co-morbidities | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 173 (16.0) |
| Cardiovascular disease | |
| Hypertension | 479 (44.2) |
| Atrial fibrillation | 119 (11.0) |
| Heart failure | 77 (7.1) |
| Ischemic heart disease** | 140 (12.9) |
| Diabetes requiring medication | 105 (9.7) |
| Stroke | 93 (8.6) |
| Cirrhosis | 29( 2.7) |
| Dialysis dependent renal failure | 4 (0.4) |
| Preoperative sepsis status | |
| Non infected preoperatively | 441 (38.2) |
| SIRS | 15 (1.4) |
| Sepsis | 307 (28.3) |
| Severe sepsis | 46 (4.2) |
| Septic shock | 34 (3.1) |
| Unknown | 268 (24.7) |
| Preoperative performance status ECOG | |
| 0 | 522 (48.2) |
| 1 | 313 (28.9) |
| 2 | 148 (13.7) |
| 3 | 84 (7.8) |
| 4 | 17 (1.6) |
| Surgery characteristics | |
| Pathology: | |
| Perforation | 431 (39.8) |
| Obstruction | 623 (57.5) |
| Ischemia | 196 (18.1) |
| Malignancy | 211 (19.5) |
| Type: | |
| Reoperation after elective surgery | 190 (17.5) |
| Primary | 894 (82.5 |
| Procedure | |
| Laparoscopic surgery | 111 (10.2) |
| Laparoscopic converted to laparotomy | 188 (17.3) |
| Laparotomy | 785 (72.5) |
Values in parentheses are percentages unless indicated otherwise; *values are median (i.q.r)
ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists, SIRS Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Score.
**Previous percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac surgery, or angina
Data presented in this table has been previously published, though not to this extent or in this context in Tengberg LT, Cihoric M, and Foss NB et al. (2017). Complications after emergency laparotomy beyond the immediate postoperative period—a retrospective, observational cohort study of 1139 patients. Anaesthesia. 72 (Saunders et al. 2012):309–16