Table 3.
TG13 and TG18 diagnostic criteria
| n = 262 | Did not meet the criteria (n = 39) |
Suspected diagnosis (n = 28) |
Definite diagnosis (n = 195) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 75.4 (59.7–82.5) | 81.71 (66.3–83.1) | 75.5 (64.8–82.6) | 0.627 |
| Male gender | 16 (41.0) | 13 (46.4) | 100 (51.3) | 0.48 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 12 (30.8) | 17 (60.7) | 71 (36.4) | 0.027 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 8 (20.5) | 6 (21.4) | 39 (20.0) | 0.984 |
| COPD/asthma | 2 (5.1) | 1 (3.6) | 9 (4.6) | 0.955 |
| Chronic renal impairment | 3 (7.7) | 3 (10.7) | 32 (16.4) | 0.308 |
| History of biliary disease | 16 (41.0) | 17 (60.7) | 103 (52.8) | 0.248 |
| Abdominal pain | 29 (74.4) | 14 (50.0) | 135 (69.2) | 0.081 |
| Pyrexia | 13 (33.3) | 20 (71.4) | 123 (63.1) | 0.001 |
| Vomiting | 20 (51.3) | 15 (53.6) | 88 (45.1) | 0.593 |
| Jaundice | 7 (17.9) | 4 (14.3) | 56 (28.7) | 0.13 |
| Abdominal tenderness | 25 (64.1) | 8 (28.6) | 103 (52.8) | 0.014 |
| Arrythmia | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) | 0.594 |
| Ionotrope use | 1 (2.6) | 3 (10.7) | 15 (7.7) | 0.401 |
| Total positive blood cultures, n | 12 | 11 | 72 | 0.397 |
| Monomicrobial | 12 (100.0) | 10 (90.9) | 57 (79.2) | |
| Polymicrobial | 0 (0.0) | 1 (9.1) | 15 (20.8) | |
| Cholelithiasis | 28 (71.8) | 13 (46.4) | 145 (74.4) | 0.010 |
| Malignancy | 5 (12.8) | 1 (3.6) | 39 (20.0) | 0.072 |
| Ultrasound | 18 (46.2) | 5 (17.9) | 48 (24.6) | 0.011 |
| CT scan | 18 (46.2) | 11 (39.3) | 75 (38.5) | 0.668 |
| MRCP scan | 15 (38.5) | 11 (39.3) | 90 (46.2) | 0.578 |
| ERCP | 17 (43.6) | 9 (32.1) | 120 (61.5) | 0.003 |
Values are presented as medians (IQR), numbers (%), or numbers. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.