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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes in patients that did (cases) or did not (controls) require a relaparotomy

From: A decision rule to aid selection of patients with abdominal sepsis requiring a relaparotomy

Characteristic

Cases

Controls

p-value

(n = 46)

(n = 136)

Median age in yearsa

68 (57–73)

70 (57–76)

0.467

Male

52%

58%

0.262

ICU admission

96%

90%

0.267

Length of ICU stay in daysa

14 (6–31)

6 (2–14)

<0.001

Length of index hospital stay in daysa

45 (21–76)

28 (18–51)

0.104

In-hospital mortality

30%

13%

0.008

APACHE-II score on study entrya

15 (12–16)

15 (13–18)

0.341

  1. aAge, length of ICU stay, length of hospital stay, and APACHE-II score on study entry are displayed as a median with the interquartile range (IQR).