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Table 4 Postoperative factors

From: Pre and postoperative lactate levels and lactate clearance in predicting in-hospital mortality after surgery for gastrointestinal perforation

Characteristics

Survive to discharge

(N = 87)

In-hospital mortality

(N = 17)

P- value

Postoperative lactate level (mmol/L)

3.6 ± 3.0

7.9 ± 4.9

 < 0.001*

Postoperative lactate clearance (%)

− 30.7 ± 89.4

− 50.0 ± 63.8

0.096*

Perforation related re-operation

2 (3.2%)

1 (7.7%)

0.440

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD, or number (%)
  2. *Mann–Whitney’s U-test