Table 2

Baseline characteristics of patients admitted for adhesive small-bowel obstruction

CharacteristicCohort; no. (%) of patients*p value†
Historical
n = 65		Transitional
n = 56		Implementation
n = 31
Age, mean ± SD, yr61.4 ± 17.569.4 ± 17.568.0 ± 18.80.06‡
Female gender31 (48)30 (54)24 (77)0.02§
Comorbidities
 Cardiac9 (14)18 (32)16 (52)< 0.001§
 Respiratory5 (8)6 (11)4 (13)0.6§
 Renal2 (3.)4 (7)3 (10)0.4§
 Diabetes7 (11)13 (23)3 (10)0.1§
 History of cancer30 (46)20 (36)14 (45)0.5§
Past surgical history59 (89)55 (95)30 (97)0.4§

  • SD = standard deviation.

  • ↵* Except where noted otherwise.

  • ↵† Historical cohort versus transitional cohort versus implementation cohort.

  • ↵‡ One-way analysis of variance.

  • ↵§ χ2 test.