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Table 4 Table describing intra-operative events and postoperative complications

From: Predictors of major complications after elective abdominal surgery in cancer patients

Intraoperative variables

   

Regional anaesthesia

159 (78.7%)

86 (81.1%)

0.617

Use of colloids (HES 6%)

96 (47.5%)

72 (68.0%)

0.001

Use of continuous vasopressors

4 (2.0%)

24 (22.6%)

< 0.001

Intraoperative fluid volume (L), median (IQR)

3.1 (2.5–4.5)

5.0 (3.5–6.5)

< 0.001

Red blood cell transfusion

7 (3.5%)

21 (19.8%)

< 0.001

Estimated bleeding (> 500 mL)

38 (18.8%)

50 (47.1%)

< 0.001

Surgical length (min), median (IQR)

247 (166–331)

315 (220–385)

< 0.001

  1. Pearson’s chi-square or Fisher exact test were used for categorical data; non normally distributed data are presented as the median (IQR) and were analysed by the Mann-Whitney test. P < 0.10 was considered for inclusion in the multiple logistic regression model
  2. IQR interquartile range
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BMC Anesthesiology

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