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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included patients

From: Can serum L-lactate, D-lactate, creatine kinase and I-FABP be used as diagnostic markers in critically ill patients suspected for bowel ischemia

 

Proven Intestinal ischemia N = 23

Ischemia likely N = 16

Ischemia unlikely N = 60

No intestinal ischemia N = 21

P-value*

Age (years)

73 (64.0 – 78.0)

67 (63 – 77)

69 (61 – 77)

70.0 (62.0 – 77.5)

0.56

Male

9 (43)

11 (69)

25 (42)

14 (67)

0.08

APACHE IV predicted mortality

0.49 (0,26-0.73)

0.42 (0.13 – 0.79)

0.45 (0.24 – 0.73)

0.45 (0.27 – 0.61)

0.53

Diagnosis on admission (%)

     

Severe sepsis & septic shock

5 (21.7)

2 (12.5)

7 (11.7)

9 (42.6)

 

Cardiogenic shock

1 (4.3)

1 (6.3)

7 (11.7)

1 (4.8)

 

Hypovolemic shock

1 (4.3)

3 (19)

2 (3.3)

-

 

After CPR

-

-

12 (20)

1 (4.8)

 

Aortic aneurysm repair

3 (13)

5 (31.3)

8 (13.3)

3 (13)

 

After other surgery

9 (39)

4 (25)

11 (18.3)

5 (23.8)

 

Other

4 (17.4)

1 (6.3)

13 (21.7)

2 (9.5)

 

Mortality

13 (57)

4 (25)

15 (25)

7 (33)

0.14

  1. All values are medians and interquartile ranges or absolute number with (%).
  2. *p-value of ‘Proven intestinal ischemia’ compared to ‘No intestinal ischemia’.