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Table 2 Patient Demographics and Risk Factors

From: The impact of a perioperative pulmonary care bundle implementation on postoperative outcomes in 1,665 surgical cancer patients: experience from a tertiary referral cancer center in Jordan

Name

Value

Total

Control Group

PPCB Group

P-value

Sex

Female

775

357 (46.7%)

418 (46.4%)

0.891

Male

890

407 (53.3%)

483 (53.6%)

Elective Surgery Status

No

30

13 (1.7%)

17 (1.9%)

0.590

Unknown

20

7 (0.9%)

13 (1.4%)

Yes

1615

744 (97.4%)

871 (96.7%)

Anesthesia Technique

General

1663

764 (100%)

899 (99.8%)

1.000

Local

1

 

1 (0.1%)

Spinal

1

 

1 (0.1%)

Surgical Subspecialty

General Surgery

741

353 (46.2%)

388 (43.1%)

0.462

Gynecology

185

78 (10.2%)

107 (11.9%)

Orthopedics

194

85 (11.1%)

109 (12.1%)

Otolaryngology (ENT)

59

26 (3.4%)

33 (3.7%)

Plastics

53

31 (4.1%)

22 (2.4%)

Thoracic

214

92 (12.0%)

122 (13.5%)

Urology

216

98 (12.8%)

118 (13.1%)

Vascular

3

1 (0.1%)

2 (0.2%)

Diabetes

Insulin

125

70 (9.2%)

55 (6.1%)

0.058

No

1297

587 (76.8%)

710 (78.8%)

Non-Insulin

243

107 (14.0%)

136 (15.1%)

Smoker

No

1119

532 (69.6%)

587 (65.1%)

0.052

Yes

546

232 (30.4%)

314 (34.9%)

Dyspnea

At Rest

79

21 (2.7%)

58 (6.4%)

0.001

Moderate Exertion

40

7 (0.9%)

33 (3.7%)

No

1546

736 (96.3%)

810 (89.9%)

Functional Status Prior to Surgery

Independent

1444

692 (90.6%)

752 (83.5%)

0.001

Partially Dependent

159

53 (6.9%)

106 (11.8%)

Totally Dependent

58

16 (2.1%)

42 (4.7%)

Unknown

4

3 (0.4%)

1 (0.1%)

Ventilator

No

1659

762 (99.7%)

897 (99.6%)

0.693

Yes

6

2 (0.3%)

4 (0.4%)

COPD

No

1641

753 (98.6%)

888 (98.6%)

0.996

Yes

24

11 (1.4%)

13 (1.4%)

Ascites

No

1641

758 (99.2%)

883 (98.0%)

0.039

Yes

24

6 (0.8%)

18 (2.0%)

Cardiac Heart Failure

No

1659

760 (99.5%)

899 (99.8%)

0.422

Yes

6

4 (0.5%)

2 (0.2%)

Hypertension

No

1095

492 (64.4%)

603 (66.9%)

0.279

Yes

570

272 (35.6%)

298 (33.1%)

Steroid

No

1496

688 (90.1%)

808 (89.7%)

0.801

 

Yes

169

76 (9.9%)

93 (10.3%)

 

Weight loss > 10%

No

1464

669 (87.6%)

795 (88.2%)

0.676

 

Yes

201

95 (12.4%)

106 (11.8%)

 

Transfusion

No

1630

753 (98.6%)

877 (97.3%)

0.083

 

Yes

35

11 (1.4%)

24 (2.7%)

 

Sepsis

None

1560

719 (94.1%)

841 (93.3%)

0.565

 

SIRS

76

30 (3.9%)

46 (5.1%)

 
 

Sepsis

24

13 (1.7%)

11 (1.2%)

 
 

Septic shock

5

2 (0.3%)

3 (0.3%)

 

Emergent Case

No

1644

751(98.3%)

893(99.1%)

0.138

 

Yes

21

13 (1.7%)

8 (0.9%)

 

Wound Classification

Clean

716

356(46.6%)

360(40.0%)

0.027

 

Clean/ Contaminated

868

370(48.4%)

498(55.3%)

 
 

Contaminated

64

32 (4.2%)

32 (3.6%)

 
 

Dirty/Infect

17

6 (0.8%)

11 (1.2%)

 

ASA Class

ASA 1 - No Disturb

2

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.1%)

0.001

 

ASA 2 - Mild Disturb

1392

659(86.3%)

733(81.4%)

 
 

ASA 3 - Severe Disturb

250

103(13.5%)

147(16.3%)

 
 

ASA 4 - Life Threat

20

1 (0.1%)

19 (2.1%)

 
 

None assigned

1

 

1 (0.1%)

 

Age

Mean

(95% CI)

53.16

(52.0,54.4)

53.5

(52.6,54.4)

55.0

(18.1,93.7)

0.296

 

Median(Min,Max)

54.24

(18.09,93.67)

52.8

(52.0,53.7)

53.7

(18.2,90.4)

 

BMI

Mean

(95% CI)

28.57

(28.2,29.0)

28.6

(28.2,29.0)

28.0

(13.7,68.9)

0.959

 

Median(Min,Max)

28.08

(13.22,68.89)

28.6

(28.2,28.9)

28.1

(13.2,58.9)

 

WBC

Mean

(95% CI)

8.17

(7.9,8.6)

8.3

(7.9, 8.6)

7.4

(0.7, 136)

0.739

 

Median

(Min,Max)

7.4

(0.3,136.2)

8.1

(7.9, 8.3)

7.5

(0.3,50.0)