Table 2.
Did not meet the criteria (n = 65) | Suspected diagnosis (n = 100) |
Definite diagnosis (n = 97) |
p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 77.2 (64.8–82.5) | 76.9 (66.1–83.2) | 75.4 (62.2–82.4) | 0.525 |
Male gender | 30 (46.2) | 52 (52.0) | 47 (48.5) | 0.75 |
Diabetes mellitus | 25 (38.5) | 38 (38.0) | 37 (38.1) | 0.998 |
Ischemic heart disease | 16 (24.6) | 22 (22.0) | 15 (15.5) | 0.311 |
COPD/asthma | 2 (3.1) | 5 (5.0) | 5 (5.2) | 0.799 |
Chronic renal impairment | 11 (16.9) | 11 (11.0) | 16 (16.5) | 0.448 |
History of biliary disease | 7 (10.8) | 70 (70.0) | 59 (60.8) | <0.001 |
Abdominal pain | 31 (47.7) | 71 (71.0) | 76 (78.4) | <0.001 |
Pyrexia | 14 (21.5) | 62 (62.0) | 80 (82.5) | <0.001 |
Vomiting | 36 (55.4) | 39 (39.0) | 48 (49.5) | 0.098 |
Jaundice | 5 (7.7) | 25 (25.0) | 37 (38.1) | <0.001 |
Abdominal tenderness | 30 (46.2) | 50 (50.0) | 56 (57.7) | 0.313 |
Arrythmia | 3 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.01 |
Ionotrope use | 5 (7.7) | 6 (6.0) | 8 (8.2) | 0.821 |
Total positive blood cultures | 26 | 28 | 41 | 0.036 |
Monomicrobial | 23 (88.5) | 26 (92.9) | 30 (73.2) | |
Polymicrobial | 3 (11.5) | 2 (7.1) | 11 (26.8) | |
Cholelithiasis | 46 (70.8) | 69 (69.0) | 71 (73.2) | 0.809 |
Malignancy | 10 (15.4) | 13 (13.0) | 22 (22.7) | 0.179 |
Ultrasound | 22 (33.8) | 22 (22.0) | 27 (27.8) | 0.242 |
CT scan | 27 (41.5) | 40 (40.0) | 37 (38.1) | 0.908 |
MRCP scan | 30 (46.2) | 43 (43.0) | 43 (44.3) | 0.924 |
ERCP | 30 (46.2) | 59 (59.0) | 57 (58.8) | 0.201 |
Values are presented as medians (IQR), numbers (%), or numbers. The total number of patients is 262. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MRCP, Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.