Table 2.
Demographic characteristics pre- vs post-COVID
| Pre N = 2758 |
Post N = 3320 |
Total N = 6078 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of surgery | 0.016* | |||
| Emergency | 1238 (45.2%) | 1599 (48.3%) | 2837 (46.9%) | |
| Elective | 1501 (54.8%) | 1711 (51.7%) | 3212 (53.1%) | |
| Disease category | ||||
| Congenital | 498 (18.1%) | 543 (16.4%) | 1041 (17.1%) | 0.081 |
| General | 869 (31.5%) | 1125 (33.9%) | 1994 (32.9%) | 0.048* |
| Infection | 514 (18.7%) | 515 (15.5%) | 1029 (17.0%) | 0.001* |
| Oncology | 147 (5.3%) | 177 (5.3%) | 324 (5.3%) | 0.995 |
| Trauma | 447 (16.2%) | 390 (11.8%) | 837 (13.8%) | < 0.001* |
| Other | 280 (10.2%) | 565 (17.0%) | 845 (13.9%) | < 0.001* |
| ASA class | ||||
| I | 1723 (65.6%) | 2173 (69.3%) | 3896 (67.6%) | 0.003* |
| II | 671 (25.6%) | 796 (25.4%) | 1467 (25.5%) | 0.882 |
| III | 206 (7.8%) | 140 (4.5%) | 346 (6.0%) | < 0.001* |
| IV | 25 (1.0%) | 26 (0.8%) | 51 (0.9%) | 0.62 |
| Safety checklist | 1232 (44.9%) | 1354 (41.0%) | 2586 (42.8%) | 0.003* |
| Pre-op sepsis | 312 (11.4%) | 206 (6.2%) | 518 (8.6%) | < 0.001* |
| Post-op sepsis | 42 (1.5%) | 10 (0.3%) | 52 (0.9%) | < 0.001* |
| Surgical site infection | 160 (5.8%) | 43 (1.3%) | 203 (3.4%) | < 0.001* |
| Reoperation | 539 (19.7%) | 526 (16.0%) | 1065 (17.7%) | < 0.001* |
| LOS (days) | 4.1 (3.7–4.5) | 3.5 (3.2–3.7) | 3.7 (3.5–4.0) | 0.009* |
| Mortality | 75 (3.1%) | 50 (1.6%) | 125 (2.3%) | < 0.001* |
Data are presented as n (%) for categorical measures and median (interquartile range) for continuous measures
*Statistically significant at alpha of p < 0.05