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Table 6 Outcome related to demography for all operations

From: Mortality following emergency laparotomy: a Swedish cohort study

  

Total number in the cohort

30-days

365-days

Not deceased

   

Accumulated mortality n (%)

 

All operations

 

710

101 (14.2)

189 (26.6)

521 (73.4)

Primary surgery

 

597

85 (14.2)

149 (25.0)

448 (75.0)

Re-operation

 

113

16 (14.2)

39 (34.5)

74 (65.5)

Age

Mean age for all operations 65,6 (years)

18–29

34

2 (5.9)

2 (5.9)

32 (94.1)

30–39

39

0 (0.0)

1 (2.6)

38 (97.4)

40–49

65

2 (3.1)

6 (9.2)

59 (89.8)

50–59

92

5 (5.5)

13 (14.2)

79 (85.8)

60–69

127

11 (8.7)

25 (19.7)

102 (80.3)

70–79

164

29 (17.7)

56 (34.1)

108 (65.9)

80–89

167

41 (24.6)

72 (43.1)

95 (56.9)

90–100

22

11 (50.0)

14 (63.6)

8 (36.4)

Gender

Female

393

56 (14.2)

106 (27.0)

287 (73.0)

Male

317

45 (14.2)

83 (26.2)

234 (73.8)

Comorbiditya

Yes (one or more)

368

66 (17.9)

113 (30.7)

255 (69.3)

None of the below

342

35 (10.2)

76 (22.2)

266 (77.8)

COPD

57

17 (29.8)

26 (45.6)

31 (54.4)

IHD

84

25 (29.8)

37 (44.0)

47 (56.0)

Heart failure

63

22 (34.9)

32 (50.8)

31 (49.2)

Diabetes

82

12 (14.3)

30 (36.6)

52 (63.4)

Renal failure

90

25 (27.8)

42 (46.7)

48 (53.3)

Obesity

88

9 (10.2)

14 (15.9)

74 (84.1)

Smoker

92

11 (11.9)

19 (20.7)

73 (79.7)

Cancer diagnosisb

218

33 (15.1)

100 (45.9)

118 (54.1)

ASA-classification

ASA 1

72

2 (2,8)

5 (6.9)

67 (93.1)

ASA 2

247

8 (3.2)

24 (9.7)

223 (90.3)

ASA 3

282

42 (14.9)

92 (32.6)

190 (67.4)

ASA 4

98

44 (44.9)

61 (62.2)

37 (37.8)

ASA 5

11

5 (45.5)

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

Multiple surgeryc

 

88

3 (3.4)

12 (13.6)

76 (86.4)

Pathological findings

Ileus

Small intestine

334

28 (8.4)

60 (18.0)

274 (82.0)

 

Colon

69

9 (13.0)

24 (34.8)

45 (65.2)

Intestinal perforation

Colon

60

18 (30.0)

24 (40.0)

36 (60.0)

Small intestine

80

19 (23.8)

29 (36.3)

51 (63.7)

Ventricle

56

11 (19.6)

20 (35.7)

36 (64.3)

Anastomosis leakage

21

4 (19.0)

6 (28.6)

15 (71.4)

Peritonitis

Purulent

43

7 (16.3)

12 (27.9)

31 (72.1)

 

Faecal

57

14 (24.6)

25 (43.9)

32 (56.1)

 

Other peritonitis

87

24 (27.6)

33 (37.9)

54 (62.1)

Intestinal ischemia/gangrene

81

21 (25.9)

30 (37.0)

51 (63.0)

Abdominal bleeding

43

10 (23.3)

14 (32.5)

29 (67.5)

Trauma laparotomy

21

2 (9.5)

4 (19.0)

17 (81.0)

  1. ASA American society of anaesthesiologist-classification of comorbidity
  2. a“Yes” related to comorbidity means that the patient had one or more of the specified comorbidities below. Ischemic heart disease (IHD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Obesity classified as BMI > 30
  3. bCancer diagnosis of any kind from 3 years before until 1 year after surgery
  4. cThe cohort contains 41 patients who had EL more than once (1 patient had 4 operations, 4 patients had 3 operations and 36 patients had 2 operations), these 41 patients therefore represent 88 operations. Mortality variable has been adjusted so that an expiry only can be attributed as a result to the last of a patients operations