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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients and variations between the two periods of the study

From: Emergency surgery admissions and the COVID-19 pandemic: did the first wave really change our practice? Results of an ACOI/WSES international retrospective cohort audit on 6263 patients

Factor

2019*

2020*

Absolute variation§

Total

3810

2453

− 35.6%

 

Age

59.1 ± 21.1

59.9 ± 20.3

+ 1.4%

0.11676

Gender (F/M)

1875/1935

1211/1242

− 35.4%/− 35.8%

0.90435

Presentation

Abdominal pain

2709 (71.1%)

1680 (68.5%)

− 38.0%

0.00552

Bowel obstruction

183 (4.8%)

148 (6.0%)

− 19.1%

GI bleeding

154 (4.0%)

142 (5.8%)

− 7.8%

Anorexia/Weight loss

7 (0.2%)

3 (0.1%)

− 57.1%

Jaundice

113 (3.0%)

67 (2.7%)

− 40.7%

Diarrhoea/Vomit

92 (2.4%)

63 (2.6%)

− 31.5%

Dysphagia

9 (0.2%)

10 (0.4%)

+ 11.1

Non-trauma haemoperitoneum

4 (0.1%)

2 (0.1%)

− 50.0%

Anal pain

114 (3.0%)

49 (2.0%)

− 57.0%

Fever

24 (0.6%)

19 (0.8%)

− 20.8%

Anaemia

15 (0.4%)

4 (0.2%)

− 73.3%

Hernia

169 (4.4%)

94 (3.8%)

− 44.4%

Skin issue

60 (1.6%)

51 (2.1%)

− 15.0%

Wound complications

10 (0.3%)

2 (0.1%)

− 80%

Postop complications

43 (1.1%)

34 (1.4%)

− 20.9%

Breast pain

5 (0.5%)

7 (0.3%)

+ 40.0%

Chest pain

40 (1.0%)

26 (1.1%)

− 35%

Ischaemic limb

12 (0.3%)

12 (0.5%)

0%

Non traumatic shock

17 (0.4%)

17 (0.7%)

0%

Abnormal radiology

6 (0.2%)

2 (0.1%)

− 66.7%

Other

24 (0.6%)

21 (0.9%)

− 12.5%

Missing

0

0

  

Smoking

No

2616 (72.7%)

1428 (61.5%)

− 45.4%

< 0.0001

Yes

833 (23.2%)

599 (25.8%)

− 28.1%

Ex

147 (4.1%)

296 (12.7%)

+ 101.4%

Missing

214

130

  

ASA

1

1007 (29.0%)

477 (20.6%)

− 52.6%

< 0.0001

2

1167 (33.6%)

834 (36.0%)

− 28.5%

3

1004 (28.9%)

749 (32.4%)

− 25.4%

4

277 (8.0%)

238 (10.3%)

− 14.1%

5

16 (0.5%)

16 (0.7%)

0%

Missing

339

139

  

Frailty score

1-2

2060 (54.1%)

1165 (47.5%)

− 43.4%

< 0.0001

>2

1750 (45.9%)

1287 (52.5%)

− 26.5%

Missing

0

1

  
  1. *: values are reported as: total number (relative percentage in the column)
  2. §: values represent the absolute variation of cases between March-April 2019 and March-April 2020
  3. §: in bold p < 0.05