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. 2021 Mar 10;156(5):1–8. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.0041

Table 1. Patient Characteristics by Emergency General Surgery and Trauma.

Characteristic No. (%)
Emergency general surgery (n = 376) Trauma (n = 
396)
Age, mean (SD), y 56.8 (18.5) 41.9 (18.4)
Female 190 (50.5) 113 (28.5)
Admitted from
Home 291 (79.3) 331 (85.5)
Extended care facility 66 (18.0) 51 (13.2)
Other acute care hospital 10 (2.7) 5 (1.3)
Comorbidity
Hypertension 170 (45.2) 72 (18.2)
Congestive heart failure 28 (7.4) 13 (3.3)
Coronary artery disease 48 (12.8) 24 (6.1)
HIV positive 2 (0.5) 3 (0.8)
AIDS 1 (0.3) 2 (0.5)
Non–insulin-dependent diabetes 57 (15.2) 26 (6.6)
Insulin-dependent diabetes 41 (10.9) 10 (2.5)
Smoker 79 (21.0) 83 (21.0)
Dyspnea on exertion 18 (4.8) 7 (1.8)
Dyspnea at rest 9 (2.4) 7 (1.8)
COPD 29 (7.7) 15 (3.8)
Ascites 32 (8.5) 5 (1.3)
On dialysis 24 (6.4) 6 (1.5)
Disseminated cancer 26 (6.9) 6 (1.5)
Chronic wound 23 (6.1) 6 (1.5)
Immunosuppression 25 (6.6) 6 (1.5)
Recent weight loss 21 (5.6) 8 (2.0)
Bleeding disorder 52 (13.8) 29 (7.3)
Ventilator dependence 40 (10.6) 50 (12.6)
Partially dependent 19 (5.2) 7 (1.8)
Completely dependent 7 (1.9) 1 (0.3)
Acute kidney failure 59 (15.7) 46 (11.6)
SIRS 70 (18.7) 121 (30.6)
Sepsis 64 (17.1) 0
Septic shock 57 (15.2) 0
Hemorrhagic shock 8 (2.1) 136 (34.3)
Preoperative transfusion 34 (9.0) 145 (36.6)
Case complexity
Level 1 9 (2.4) 49 (12.4)
Level 2 151 (40.2) 157 (39.6)
Level 3 209 (55.6) 143 (36.1)
Level 4 7 (1.9) 47 (11.9)
ASA class
I 13 (3.5) 20 (5.1)
II 94 (25.3) 95 (24.3)
III 157 (42.2) 96 (24.6)
IV 94 (25.3) 137 (35.0)
Surgeon years in practice
<6 184 (48.9) 175 (44.2)
6-10 121 (32.2) 161 (40.7)
11-30 51 (13.6) 34 (8.6)
>30 20 (5.3) 26 (6.6)

Abbreviations: ASA, American Society of Anesthesiology; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.