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Table 3 Patients´ characteristics according to adverse perioperative outcome

From: Association between emergency department length of stay and adverse perioperative outcomes in emergency surgery: a cohort study in two Colombian University hospitals

 

Adverse perioperative outcome

P

Yes (n = 519)

No (n = 968)

Gender, male

276 (53.2)

487 (50.3)

0.291

Age (years)

70.2 (59.1–79.4)

61.5 (53.1–72.5)

< 0.001

Medical center

  

< 0.001

 Center A

414 (41.4)

587 (58.6)

 

 Center B

105 (21.6)

381 (78.3)

 

Preoperative medical conditions

 Hypertension

296 (57)

372 (38.5)

< 0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

127 (24.5)

131 (13.5)

< 0.001

 Chronic renal disease

73 (14.1)

49 (5.1)

< 0.001

 Major cardiovascular diseasea

142 (27.4)

110 (11.4)

< 0.001

 COPD

70 (13.5)

49 (5.1)

< 0.001

 Active cancer

117 (22.5)

80 (8.3)

< 0.001

 Major general surgery

151 (29.1)

85 (8.8)

< 0.001

Risk factors for 30-day mortalityb

  

0.006

 No risk factors

78 (15)

440 (45.4)

 

 1 or 2 risk factors

277 (53.4)

415 (45.9)

 

  ≥ 3 risk factors

164 (31.6)

113 (11.7)

 

Preoperative interventions

 Medical assessments

13 (6–27)

6 (4–9)

< 0.001

 Laboratories

28 (13–59.5)

8 (4–15)

< 0.001

 Diagnostic images

4 (2–7)

2 (1–3)

< 0.001

Type of surgery

  

0.262

 General

394 (75.9)

709 (73.2)

 

 Orthopedic

125 (24.1)

259 (26.8)

 

 Duration of surgery (hours)

2.2 (1.6–3)

1.6 (1.3–2.3)

< 0.001

 ED-LOS (hours)

53.2 (19.5–165.2)

26.1 (13.4–64.9)

< 0.001

  1. Data are expressed as median (interquartile range), or absolute number (%). COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ED-LOS Emergency department length of stay
  2. aIncludes history of coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease
  3. bRisk factors as defined by VISION study [3]: Age ≥ 65 years, high risk coronary artery disease, history of PVD, history of stroke, COPD, active cancer and major general surgery