Table 1.
Comparison of patients undergoing Acute Care Surgery in the Control and Pandemic Period. Quantitative variables are expressed as mean (95% Confidence interval) and qualitative ones as number of patients (percentage).
| Control | Pandemic | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (years) | 55.0 (52.7–57.3) | 52.6 (48.7–56.5) | 0.276 |
| Gender (% female) | 145 (50.88%) | 39 (33.38%) | 0.001 |
| High blood pressure (% patients) | 89 (31.23%) | 43 (36.75%) | 0.284 |
| Dyslipidemia (% patients) | 66 (23.16%) | 22 (18.80%) | 0.338 |
| Diabetes Mellitus (% patients) | 36 (12.63%) | 7 (5.98%) | 0.050 |
| Ischemic Heart Disease (% patients) | 26 (9.12%) | 8 (6.84%) | 0.454 |
| American Society of Anesthesiology Classification (% III-IV-V) | 69 (24.21%) | 27 (23.08%) | 0.809 |
| Mean delay of the patient to present in the Emergency Department (hours) | 44.6 (36.6–52.7) | 71.0 (56.9–85.0) | <0.001 |
| Mean delay of the surgery (hours) | 12.4 (10.5–14.4) | 12.3 (10.0–14.6) | 0.930 |
| SOFA score (% patients with SOFA>0) | 84 (33.87%) | 45 (41.67%) | 0.160 |
| Laparoscopic approach (% patients) | 154 (63.64%) | 42 (43.30%) | 0.001 |