Table 1 |
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Demographics and outcome data stratified for the three centres |
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| All centres (n = 60) |
Centre 1 (n = 17) |
Centre 2 (n = 22) |
Centre 3 (n = 21) |
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| Age in years |
72 ± 10 |
68 ± 11 |
72 ± 9 |
74 ± 10 |
| Male/female |
40/20 |
13/4 |
18/4 |
16/5 |
| SAPS IIa |
32 ± 12 |
26 ± 10 |
30 ± 4 |
40 ± 14 |
| Emergency surgery (percentage) |
20 |
0 |
0 |
57 |
| Aortic/iliacal aneurysm/dissection (percentage) |
47 |
82 |
50 |
14 |
| Carcinoma upper abdomen (percentage) |
12 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
| Carcinoma lower abdomen (percentage) |
24 |
6 |
41 |
38 |
| Infection (percentage) |
7 |
0 |
4 |
19 |
| Other (percentage) |
10 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| Duration of operation (minutes) |
218 ± 111 |
323 ± 92 |
178 ± 81 |
177 ± 99 |
| Hospital LOS (days) |
11 (8 to 14) |
13 (11 to 15) |
8 (4 to 10) |
11 (9 to 14) |
| Patients at home on day 28 (percentage) |
65 |
23 |
90 |
38 |
| Patients in hospital/nursing facility on day 28 (percentage) |
22 |
65 |
5 |
38 |
| Unknown patient location on day 28 (percentage) |
3 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
| Mortality (percentage) |
10 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
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aOne-way analysis of variance (p < 0.01). LOS, length of stay; SAPS II, simplified acute physiology score. |
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Collaborative Study Group on Perioperative ScvO2 Monitoring Critical Care 2006 10:R158 doi:10.1186/cc5094 |
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