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Table 1 Patients' characteristics, intra-operative parameters and post-operative outcome

From: Perception of surgical complications among patients, nurses and physicians: a prospective cross-sectional survey

Patients' characteristics

Patients (n = 227)

Age (years)

54 (41-66)

Gender, male/female (%)

116/111 (51.1%/48.9%)

ASA score

2 (2-3)

   - ≤ 2

149 (65.6%)

   - >2

78 (34.4%)

Nutrition risk score

1 (0-2)

   - <3

189 (83.3%)

   - ≥3

38 (16.7%)

Benign/malign disease (%)

153/74 (67.4%/32.6%)

Pre-operative chemotherapy (%)

31 (13.7%)

Pre-operative radiotherapy (%)

19 (8.4%)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.5 (22.1-31.6)

Intra-operative parameters

Patients (n = 200)

Minor/major surgery (%)

133/67 (66.5%/33.5%)

Surgery time (minutes)

120 (83.8-200)

Blood transfusion (%)

4 (2%)

Blood loss (mL)

20 (5-100)

Post-operative outcome

Patients (n = 200)

Length of hospital stay (days)

7 (4-9)

Intensive care unit stay (%)

33 (16.3%)

Intensive care unit stay (days)

0 (0-1)

Mortality (%)

0%

Morbidity (%)

107 (53.5%)

  1. All results in median and interquartile range (IQR)
  2. ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists