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Table 3 Factors associated with mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infection patients who are able to undergo surgery

From: The impact of operative time on the outcomes of necrotizing soft tissue infections: a multicenter cohort study

 

Survived

(n = 138, 86%)

Deceased

(n = 22, 14%)

p value

ASA classification, n (%)

  

0.057

 I–II

89 (91)

9 (9)

 

 III–IV

49 (79)

13 (21)

 

Location of the NSTI, n (%)

   

 Extremities

78 (86)

13 (14)

0.464

 Trunk

13 (81)

3 (19)

1.000

 Perineum

39 (89)

5 (11)

0.798

Total body area affecteda, median (IQR)

3 (2–5)

7 (3–10)

0.002

Monomicrobial NSTIb, n (%)

86 (84)

16 (16)

0.478

Polymicrobial NSTIb, n (%)

49 (89)

6 (11)

0.478

SOFA score prior to surgeryc, median (IQR)

5 (2–7)

6 (6–9)

0.146

APACHE II score prior to surgeryd, median (IQR)

11 (9–15)

13 (13–17)

0.018

Time from presentation to surgery, median (IQR)

2 (0–3)

1 (0–3)

0.567

Septic prior to surgery, n (%)

39 (78)

11 (22)

0.047

Initial operative timee, median (IQR)

57 (31–89)

62 (45–90)

0.355

  1. P-values in bold denote significant values
  2. APACHE Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation, IQR Interquartile Range, LRINEC Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing fasciitis, qSOFA Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SD Standard Deviation, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
  3. a2 missing cases; b3 missing cases; c106 missing cases; d105 missing cases; e1 missing case