Table 1 Descriptive patient characteristics (clinical parameters, overall mortality and pathologies)
From: Pneumatosis intestinalis and porto-mesenteric venous gas: a multicenter study
Characteristics | Entire population (n = 290) | Subgroup—PI only (n = 168) | Subgroup—PI and PMVG (n = 122) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age—years | ||||
Mean—range | 66.7—18–92 | 66.1—18–92 | 67.5—19–90 | > 0.05 |
Gender (%) | ||||
Female | 40.3 (119) | 44.6 (75) | 36.1 (44) | |
Male | 59.7 (171) | 55.4 (93) | 63.9 (78) | > 0.149 |
Overall mortality (%) | 55.2 (160) | 46.5 (78) | 67.2 (82) | |
90d follow up (d) | 51 | 58 | 41 | < 0.001 |
Subgroup analyses | ||||
Surgery cohort (%) | 58.5 (97) | 54.1 (46) | 64.4 (45) | |
90d follow up | 50 | 56 | 43 | 0.096 |
Conservatively treated cohort (%) | 51.1 (63) | 38.6 (32) | 71.1 (37) | |
90d follow up (d) | 52 | 61 | 37 | < 0.001 |
Aetiology (%) | ||||
Ischemia | 32.4 (94) | 30.1 (52) | 34.4 (42) | 0.611 |
Bowel obstruction | 38.0 (110) | 53.6 (59) | 46.4 (51) | 0.393 |
Mechanic | 40.0 (43) | 52.5 (31) | 23.5 (12) | 0.004 |
Small bowel | 42.0 (18) | 32.3 (10) | 66.6 (8) | 0.058 |
Large bowl | 58.0 (25) | 67.7 (21) | 33.3 (4) | 0.058 |
Non-mechanic | 60.5 (67) | 47.5 (28) | 66.5 (39) | 0.004 |
Sepsis | 26.9 (78) | 21.4 (36) | 34.4 (42) | 0.016 |