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Table 5 30-day secondary outcome assessment

From: Patients undergoing colorectal surgery at a Veterans Affairs Hospital do not experience racial disparity in length of stay either before or after implementing an enhanced recovery pathway

 

Pre-ERP

ERP

 

Overall (N = 314)

Black (n = 110)

White (n = 193)

p

Overall (N = 103)

Black (n = 36)

White (n = 63)

p

Overall p

Readmission

37 (11.8)

7 (6.4)

29 (15.0)

0.040

17 (16.5)

5 (13.9)

12 (19.0)

0.580

0.280

Any complication

69 (22.0)

20 (18.2)

47 (24.4)

0.271

26 (25.2)

11 (30.6)

14 (22.2)

0.443

0.580

1 complication

49 (15.6)

13 (11.8)

35 (18.1)

 

14 (13.6)

5 (13.9)

9 (14.3)

  

2 complication

13 (4.1)

5 (4.5)

7 (3.6)

 

6 (5.8)

2 (5.6)

3 (4.8)

  

3 complication

4 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

4 (2.1)

 

5 (4.9)

3 (8.3)

2 (3.2)

  

4 complication

2 (0.6)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (1.9)

1 (2.8)

1 (1.6)

  

5 complication

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  

SSI

         

 Superficial

25 (8.0)

8 (7.3)

16 (8.3)

0.925

8 (7.8)

4 (11.1)

4 (6.3)

0.463

1.000

 Deep

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

–

Open wound infection

16 (5.1)

5 (4.5)

9 (4.7)

1.000

7 (6.8)

4 (11.1)

2 (3.2)

0.183

0.684

Pneumonia

10 (3.2)

3 (2.7)

6 (3.1)

1.000

3 (2.9)

2 (5.6)

1 (1.6)

0.562

1.000

Intubation

7 (2.2)

4 (3.6)

3 (1.6)

0.418

2 (1.9)

2 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

0.123

1.000

PTE

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

1 (1.0)

1 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

0.364

0.231

Renal insufficiency

3 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (1.6)

0.307

3 (2.9)

2 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

0.130

0.174

Renal failure

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

1.000

UTI

17 (5.4)

8 (7.3)

9 (4.7)

0.490

3 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.8)

0.307

0.422

MI

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.6)

1.000

0.240

Bleeding

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

2 (1.9)

1 (2.8)

1 (1.6)

1.000

0.058

DVT

4 (1.3)

2 (1.8)

2 (1.0)

0.597

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0.580

Sepsis

7 (2.2)

2 (1.8)

5 (2.6)

0.728

4 (3.9)

2 (5.6)

1 (1.6)

0.549

0.486

Return to OR

20 (6.4)

6 (5.5)

13 (6.7)

0.845

5 (4.9)

2 (5.6)

2 (3.2)

0.630

0.654

Cardiac arrest

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

–

CVA

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

–

  1. All data represented as n (column %) unless otherwise specified
  2. “Overall” includes non-black, non-white patients and those whose race is unknown
  3. CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; MI, myocardial infarction; OR, operating room; PTE, pulmonary thromboembolism; SSI, surgical site infection; UTI, urinary tract infection
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