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Table 1 Characteristics of the four different MABP groups

From: Cholecystectomy and sphincterotomy in patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis in Sweden 1988 - 2003: a nationwide register study

 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

All groups

Number of patients

834

(9.9%)

804

(9.6%)

977 (11.6%)

5804 (68.9%)

8419 (100%)

Age, years. Median

(25-75 percentiles)

47*

(33-61)

52*

(36-66)

70*

(55-79)

66*

(51-77)

63

(47-76)

LOS, days. Median (25-75 percentiles)

7*

(5-8)

4*

(3-6)

6*

(4-8)

5*

(3-7)

5

(4-7)

Readmission

(%)

41

(4.9)

788

(98.0†)

484

(62.5)

3630

(76.3)

4943

(58.7)

Cholecystectomy (%)

834

(100)

804

(100)

301

(30.8)

2774

(47.7)

4713

(56.0)

  1. Group 1- Cholecystectomy during index stay. Group 2- No cholecystectomy at index stay but within 30 days of index admission. Group 3- Sphincterotomy but not cholecystectomy within 30 days of index admission. Group 4- Neither cholecystectomy nor sphincterotomy within 30 days of index admission.
  2. LOS = Length of hospital stay at index admission.
  3. Readmission = Patients with at least one readmission with biliary diagnosis including acute pancreatitis within one year of index admission.
  4. Cholecystectomy = Number of cholecystectomies within one year of index admission.
  5. * Differences between groups, p < 0.001.
  6. † Two percent of patients were readmitted for cholecystectomy without biliary diagnosis.
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