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Table 3 Characteristics of the postoperative period

From: Individualized perioperative management in transoral spine surgery: a single-center cohort study evaluating surgical wound complications and wound infections

Parameter (N = 22)

Unit

%

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Standard deviation

Median

Admission TISS

  

52

58

55.10

1.57

55

Admission APACHE II

  

2

15

8.90

3.69

9.50

Mechanical ventilation

pts

45% (10)

     

 Time

day

 

1

17

3.90

4.78

1.50

Endotracheal tube

pts

13% (3)

     

 Time

day

 

1

1

   

Tracheostomy tube

pts

54% (12)

     

 Time

day

 

2

85

13.58

22.58

4.00

Artery catheter

pts

59% (13)

     

 Time

day

 

1

12

4.50

2.87

4.50

 Radialis

pts

12

     

Central venous catheter

pts

31% (7)

     

 Time

day

 

2

19

9.17

5.27

7.50

 Subclavia

pts

5

     

 Femoralis

pts

2

     

Urine catheter

pts

90% (20)

     
 

day

 

1

33

8.05

7.98

4.00

Nasogastric tube

pts

81% (17)

     
 

day

 

1

15

5.06

3.24

5.00

Body temperature (max)

  

33

39.5

37.3

2.05

38.00

Complications

 Delirium

pts

9% (2)

     

 Respiratory

pts

9% (2)

     

 Hemodynamics

pts

40% (9)

     

 Acute kidney injury

pts

18% (4)

     

 Dysphagia

pts

27% (6)

     

Enteral nutrition

pts

68% (15)

     
 

day

 

2

11

4.46

2.44

4.00

Parenteral nutrition

pts

22% (5)

     
 

day

 

1

28

9.40

9.77

7.00

Insulin

pts

40% (9)

     

Ulcer prophylaxis

pts

72% (16)

     

Corticoids

pts

68% (15)

     

 Dexamethasone

pts

3

     

 Methylprednisolone

pts

6

     

 Hydrocortisone

pts

5

     
  1. Parameters in the table represent numbers of patients or days that demonstrate either the size of patient subgroups or the duration of complications in days, as well as our decisions respecting the individual approach to our patients during the perioperative period
  2. N Number, TISS Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation