Microbial colonization of open abdomen in critically ill surgical patients

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Age years (mean, range)	60,1 (22-88)
Sex ratio (male)	77 (69.4 %)
Diagnosis
Severe acute pancreatitis	19 (17.1 %)
Peritonitis	38 (34.2 %)
AAA/RAAA/aortic dissection^ϕ	28 (25.2 %)
Other*	26 (23.4 %)
Indication for laparostomy
ACS^$	38 (34.2 %)
Inability to close the abdomen	36 (32.4 %)
Prophylactic	31 (27.9 %)
IAH^£	6 (5.4 %)

^ϕAAA = abdominal aortic aneurysm, RAAA = ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
*Other dg included: bowel ischemia (3), ileus (4), incarserated hernia (2), fascial dehiscence (3), postoperative hemorrage or abdominal trauma (7), other infection (5: sepsis, botulinism, salmonella, aortic prosthesis infection), pancreatitis after organ transplantation (1), metastatic hemoperitoneum (1)
^$ACS = abdominal compartment syndrome
^£IAH = intra-abdominal hypertension

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