Table 3 Associations between outcomes following appendectomy
From: Were surgical outcomes for acute appendicitis impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Quarter 2 | 2019 vs. April 2020 – December 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 (n = 6,795) | 2020 (n = 7,264) | Pre (n = 27,889) | Post (n = 42,811) | |||||
p-value | n (%) | n (%) | C Statistic | p-value | n (%) | n (%) | C Statistic | |
Open | < 0.001 | 281 (4.14) | 296 (4.07) | 0.622 | < 0.001 | 1,217 (4.36) | 1,472 (3.44) | 0.647 |
Complicated | 0.599 | 901 (13.26) | 940 (12.94) | 0.602 | 0.090 | 3,563 (12.78) | 5,944 (13.88) | 0.605 |
Deaths | 0.525 | 6 (0.09) | 5 (0.07) | 0.945 | 0.542 | 25 (0.09) | 40 (0.09) | 0.935 |
Readmissions | 0.291 | 259 (3.81) | 310 (4.27) | 0.599 | 0.529 | 1,066 (3.82) | 1,677 ( 3.92) | 0.590 |
Reoperations | 0.792 | 65 (0.96) | 73 (1.00) | 0.601 | 0.878 | 277 (0.99) | 393 (0.92) | 0.618 |
Wound Infections | 0.418 | 9 (0.13) | 6 (0.08) | 0.937 | 0.695 | 50 (0.18) | 63 (0.15) | 0.669 |
Organ Space SSI | 0.102 | 244 (3.59) | 225 (3.10) | 0.599 | 0.535 | 930 (3.33) | 1435 (3.35) | 0.599 |
Sepsis | 0.790 | 311 (4.58) | 338 (4.65) | 0.615 | 0.075 | 1,156 (4.15) | 2,017 (4.71) | 0.623 |
Septic Shock | 0.294 | 16 (0.24) | 25 (0.34) | 0.860 | 0.588 | 95 (0.34) | 154 (0.36) | 0.880 |
Failure to wean | 0.412 | 9 (0.13) | 6 (0.08) | 0.937 | 0.357 | 46 (0.16) | 60 (0.14) | 0.903 |
Transfusions | 0.142 | 18 (0.26) | 31 (0.43) | 0.737 | 0.312 | 76 (0.27) | 121 (0.28) | 0.736 |
Quarter 2 | 2019 vs. April 2020 – December 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 (n = 6,795) | 2020 (n = 7,264) | Pre (n = 27,889) | Post (n = 42,811) | |||||
Mean | Norm. RMSE | Mean | Norm. RMSE | |||||
Days to Operation | 0.126 | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.014 | 0.054 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.013 |
Length of Stay | 0.186 | 1.76 | 1.72 | 0.027 | 0.016 | 1.77 | 1.74 | 0.025 |
Operative Time | 0.032 | 49.12 | 50.33 | 0.036 | < 0.001 | 49.76 | 50.75 | 0.027 |
White Blood Cells | 0.033 | 13.12 | 13.26 | 0.090 | 0.076 | 13.04 | 13.09 | 0.090 |