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Table 3 Characteristics of patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenal resection with and without complications

From: The impact of fluid intervention on complications and length of hospital stay after pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple’s procedure)

 

Overall

Complications

No complications

p value

(n = 150)

(n = 86)

(n = 64)

Patient characteristics

    

Male

89 (59%)

53 (62%)

36 (56%)

0.507

Age

67 (15–84)

67 (41–84)

66 (15–82)

0.496

BMI

26 (18–42)

26 (18–37)

24 (19–42)

0.046*

ASA Class I

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1.0

     II

35 (23%)

20 (23%)

15 (23%)

 

     III

114 (76%)

65 (76%)

49 (77%)

 

Diabetes

35 (23%)

24 (28%)

11 (17%)

0.125

COPD

12 (8%)

9 (11%)

3 (5%)

0.237

Preoperative laboratory tests

    

Hemoglobin (g/l)

130 (79–173)

130 (82–173)

129 (79–156)

0.410

WCC (×109/l)

7.5 (3.0–31.6)

7.6 (4.1–31.6)

7.0 (3.0–16.8)

0.160

Platelets (×109/l)

292 (21–744)

293 (21–733)

290 (139–744)

0.605

Bilirubin (μmol/l)

29 (5–405)

35 (5–405)

19 (6–352)

0.109

Albumin (g/l)

34 (13–49)

34 (20–46)

35 (13–49)

0.045*

Urea (mmol/l)

5.3 (0.9–15.4)

5.3 (0.9–12.2)

5.2 (1.1–15.4)

0.987

Creatinine (μmol/l)

76 (10–241)

79 (10–241)

70 (28–186)

0.036*

  1. ASA – American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI – body mass index; WCC – white cell count, COPD – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Missing values; BMI -24 Haemoglobin 5 WCC 9 Platelets 7 Bilirubin 32, Albumin 35, Urea 10, Creatinine 10 *p ≤ 0.05 Chi-Square/Fisher’s exact test/Mann–Whitney U test.