Early hyperlactatemia predicts pancreatic fistula after surgery

BMC Anesthesiology

Table 1 Patients characteristics and preoperative data

Patient characteristics	Overall (n = 94)	No fistula (n = 66)	Fistula (n =28)	p-value
Demographics
age^a	65 (27–82)	64 (27–82)	65.5 (40–80)	0.77
male^b	56 (59)	38 (40)	18 (19)	0.55
Body mass index (kg/m²)^c	25.4 (4.7)	24.7 (3.9)	27.5 (4.1)	0.04
Comorbidities
hypertension^b	19 (20.5 %)	11 (12 %)	8 (8.5 %)	0.18
diabetes mellitus^b	17 (18 %)	12 (13 %)	5 (5 %)	0.97
ischemic cardiopathy^b	15 (16 %)	11 (12 %)	4 (4 %)	0.99
Surgical procedures
pancreaticoduodenectomy^b	77 (82 %)	56 (60 %)	21 (22 %)	0.26
distal pancreatectomy^b	17 (18 %)	10 (11 %)	7 (7 %)	0.26
Pathological diagnosis
benign disease^b	16 (17 %)	10 (11 %)	6 (6 %)	0.55
malignant disease^b	78 (83 %)	56 (60 %)	22 (23 %)	0.55

^avalues expressed as median (range); p-value by Mann–Whitney U test
^bvalues expressed as number and percentage; p-value by χ² test or exact Fisher test
^cvalues expressed as mean ± standard deviation; p-value by Student t test

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