Table 2 Paraclinical and clinical characteristics
From: Morbimortality assessment in abdominal surgery: are we predicting or overreacting?
Cardiac system n (%) | ||
Without cardiac failure | 208 (59.4%) | |
Diuretic, digoxin, antianginous/antihypertensive | 125 (35.7%) | |
Peripheral edema, warfarin, borderline, cardiomegaly | 15 (4.3%) | |
Jugular engorgement, cardiomegaly | 2 (0.6%) | |
POSSUM Physiological | Respiratory system (%) | 313 (89.4%) |
Without dyspnea | 17 (4.9%) | |
Exercise dyspnea, mild COPD | 17 (4.9%) | |
Limiting dyspnea or moderate COPD | 3 (0.9%) | |
Dyspnea at rest or fibrosis/consolidation | ||
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) (mean ± SD) | 125.8 ± 26.039 | |
Heart rate (bpm) (mean ± SD) | 85.8 ± 16.819 | |
Glasgow coma score (mean ± SD) | 14.9 ± 0.734 | |
Leukocytosis (× 109/L) (mean ± SD) | 11 818 ± 5324 | |
Hemoglobin (g/dl) (mean ± SD) | 13.97 ± 14.15 | |
BUN (mg/dL) (mean ± SD) | 17.54 ± 14.279 | |
Sodium (mEq/l) (mean ± SD) | 138.3 ± 3.326 | |
Potassium (mEq/l) (mean ± SD) | 3.96 ± 0.488 | |
EKG n (%) | ||
Normal | 341 (97.1%) | |
Atrial fibrillation (HR 60–90 bpm) | 5 (1.4%) | |
Any other abnormal rhythm | 4 (1.4%) | |
Mean physiological score ± SD | 19.27 ± 6.128 | |
Severity index n (%) | ||
Moderate | 216 (61.7%) | |
Mayor | 118 (33.7%) | |
Mayor ( +) | 16 (4.6%) | |
Average number of procedures ± SD | 1.54 ± 1.616 | |
Blood loss (cc) mean ± SD | 75.63 ± 293.075 | |
Peritoneal fluid contamination n (%) | ||
Operative POSSUM | None | 152 (43.4%) |
Minor (serous) | 93 (26.6%) | |
Local pus | 54 (15.4%) | |
Free fecaloid content, pus or blood | 51 (14.6%) | |
Presence of malignancy n (%) None | 312 (89.1%) | |
Primary | 25 (7.1%) | |
Nodal metastases | 5 (1.4%) | |
Distant metastasis | 8 (2.3%) | |
Surgical mode (%) | ||
Elective | 162 (46.3%) | |
Urgent | 56 (16.0%) | |
Emergent (< 2 h) | 132 (37.7%) | |
Mean operative score ± SD | 12.85 ± 5.61 |