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. 2020 Jul 4;396(10243):27–38. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31182-X

Table 3.

Operative details

30-day mortality
Pulmonary complications
No (n=845) Yes (n=268) p value No (n=526) Yes (n=577) p value
Urgency of surgery .. .. 0·020 .. .. 0·873
Elective 225 (80·9%) 53 (19·1%) .. 130 (46·9%) 147 (53·1%) ..
Emergency 610 (74·0%) 214 (26·0%) .. 387 (47·5%) 428 (52·5%) ..
Missing 10 1 .. 9 2 ..
Anaesthesia .. .. 0·383 .. .. 0·488
Local 34 (69·4%) 15 (30·6%) .. 24 (49·0%) 25 (51·0%) ..
Regional 119 (78·8%) 32 (21·2%) .. 78 (51·7%) 73 (48·3%) ..
General 658 (75·2%) 217 (24·8%) .. 403 (46·5%) 464 (53·5%) ..
Missing 34 4 .. 21 15 ..
Surgical diagnosis .. .. 0·030 .. .. 0·502
Benign or obstetric case 480 (78·3%) 133 (21·7%) .. 281 (46·3%) 326 (53·7%) ..
Cancer 183 (72·9%) 68 (27·1%) .. 114 (45·6%) 136 (54·4%) ..
Trauma 157 (70·1%) 67 (29·9%) .. 112 (50·5%) 110 (49·6%) ..
Missing 25 0 .. 19 5 ..
Grade of surgery .. .. 0·00055 .. .. 0·022
Minor 209 (83·6%) 41 (16·4%) .. 132 (53·2%) 116 (46·8%) ..
Major 607 (72·9%) 226 (27·1%) .. 372 (45·0%) 455 (55·0%) ..
Missing 29 1 .. 22 6 ..
Specialty .. .. <0·0001 .. .. <0·0001
Breast 3 (100·0%) 0 (0%) .. 2 (66·6%) 1 (33·3%) ..
Cardiac 33 (66·0%) 17 (34·0%) .. 3 (5·9%) 48 (94·1%) ..
Gastrointestinal and general 286 (76·9%) 86 (23·1%) .. 172 (46·4%) 199 (53·6%) ..
Gynaecology 20 (95·2%) 1 (4·8%) .. 16 (76·2%) 5 (23·8%) ..
Head and neck 32 (80·0%) 8 (20·0%) .. 10 (25·6%) 29 (74·4%) ..
Hepatobiliary 50 (84·8%) 9 (15·2%) .. 29 (50·9%) 28 (49·1%) ..
Neurosurgery 31 (81·6%) 7 (18·4%) .. 19 (50·0%) 19 (50·0%) ..
Obstetrics 50 (98·0%) 1 (2·0%) .. 26 (51·0%) 25 (49·0%) ..
Ophthalmology 4 (100·0%) 0 (0%) .. 3 (75·0%) 1 (25·0%) ..
Orthopaedics 213 (71·2%) 86 (28·8%) .. 165 (55·7%) 131 (44·3%) ..
Other 19 (73·1%) 7 (26·9%) .. 11 (42·3%) 15 (57·7%) ..
Plastic and reconstructive 3 (100·0%) 0 (0%) .. 1 (33·3%) 2 (66·7%) ..
Thoracic 20 (57·1%) 15 (42·9%) .. 12 (34·3%) 23 (65·7%) ..
Urology 25 (67·6%) 12 (32·4%) .. 15 (42·3%) 20 (57·1%) ..
Vascular 27 (60·0%) 18 (40·0%) .. 20 (44·4%) 25 (55·6%) ..
Missing 29 (96·7%) 1 (3·3%) .. 22 (78·6%) 6 (21·4%) ..

Data only presented for patients with 30-day mortality outcome available (n=1113) and pulmonary complications outcome available (n=1103). Percentages are presented in rows.