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Table 1 The characteristics, clinical, laboratory, surgical findings, and results

From: High APACHE II score and long length of bowel resection impair the outcomes in patients with necrotic bowel induced hepatic portal venous gas

Variable

All patients

(n = 22)

Survivors

( n = 9)

Non-survivors

( n = 13)

P #

Male:female ratio

11:11

4:5

7:6

0.999

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

68.9 ± 17.6

71.0 ± 8.9

67.4 ± 21.9

0.646

Smoking history

6

3

3

0.655

Comorbidity:

17

6

11

0.609

Atrial fibrillation

5

2

3

0.999

Coronary arterial disease

5

1

4

0.360

Hypertension Diabetes

11

4

7

0.999

mellitus Chronic renal

10

3

7

0.415

failure

8

4

4

0.662

COPD

6

3

3

0.415

Cancer

3

1

2

0.999

Clinical presentations:

    

Fever

13

5

8

0.999

Shock

17

5

12

0.253

APACHE score

18.6 ± 3.8

15.1 ± 2.8

19.9 ± 3.2

<0.01

Abdominal pain

22

9

13

0.999

Image findings

    

Pneumatosis intestinalis

19

7

12

0.544

Laboratory findings

    

Hb (g/dl)

 

12.5 ± 2.1

11.3 ± 1.8

0.165

WBC (x103/μl)

 

13677 ± 11521

14149 ± 6353

0.903

Platelet (x103/μl)

 

181.9 ± 120.4

144.7 ± 100.8

0.441

PT (sec)

 

15.3 ± 2.8

18.2 ± 7.6

0.244

aPTT (sec)

 

39.6 ± 11.4

41.5 ± 13.3

0.745

Glucose (mg/dl)

 

239.6 ± 94.0

173.8 ± 63.3

0.085

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

 

1.1 ± 1.0

2.4 ± 2.0

0.099

Urea (mg/dl)

 

48.2 ± 28.1

48.9 ± 25.4

0.947

Creatinine (mg/dl)

 

2.8 ± 1.7

2.7 ± 2.0

0.898

Sodium (mmol/L)

 

136.9 ± 7.3

133.2 ± 7.8

0.270

Potassium (mmol/L)

 

4.0 ± 0.5

4.6 ± 1.0

0.110

Arterial pH

 

7.4 ± 0.1

7.4 ± 0.1

0.477

Bicarbonate (mmol/L)

 

18.0 ± 5.9

17.6 ± 5.3

0.867

Surgical results

    

Morbidity

NA

6

NA

NA

Mortality

13

0

13

 
  1. NA: no data available
  2. Data are mean (SD) or number unless otherwise indicated.
  3. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.