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Table 1 Demography. Baseline characteristics for all operations

From: Mortality following emergency laparotomy: a Swedish cohort study

  

n (%)

Mean age

All operations

 

710 (100%)

 

Gender

Female

393 (55.4)

66.2

Male

317 (44.6)

65.0

Age

All operations

18 to 96 years

65.7

ASA-classification

ASA-1

72 (10.1)

49.1

ASA-2

247 (34.8)

59.0

ASA-3

282 (39.7)

71.9

ASA-4

98 (13.8)

75.8

ASA-5

11 (1.5)

72.5

Priority

 < 30 min

25 (3.5)

53.6

 < 2-h

272 (38.3)

65,3

 < 6 h

413 (58.2)

66.7

Surgery

Primary

597 (84.1)

65.8

Reoperation

113 (15.9)

64.9

Comorbidity

Yes (one or more)

388 (51.8)

68.1

No

342 (48.2)

63.0

Obesity

88 (12.4)

55.9

Smoker

92 (13.0)

62.1

Renal failure

90 (12.7)

77.1

IHD

84 (11.8)

77.0

COPD

57 (8.0)

74.3

Heart failure

63 (8.9)

78.4

Diabetes

82 (11.5)

72.3

BMI n = 640

Mean 25.57

 

Cancer diagnosisa

Yes

218 (30.7)

72.7

  1. ASA American society of anaesthesiologist-classification of comorbidity. Priority, for emergency the guideline to start of surgery. Obesity classified as BMI > 30. IHD ischemic heart disease. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMI length and weight was detected in 640 cases
  2. aCancer diagnosis of any kind from 3 years before until 1 year after surgery