Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Paralytic Intestinal Obstruction: Retrospective Data Analysis Based on the MIMIC-III Database

<div>Flow diagram of selection for patients. Notes: In total, 58976 patients were included in the MIMIC-III. Records of 46476 first-time ICU admission were retained. Next, the patients with paralytic intestinal obstruction were extracted (<i>n</i> = 1054). Then, patients with the following standards were excluded: age &lt;18-years old (<i>n</i> = 4), ICU stay &lt;1 day (<i>n</i> = 111), metastatic cancer (<i>n</i> = 69), urgent admission (<i>n</i> = 10), lymphoma (<i>n</i> = 14), valvular disease (<i>n</i> = 43), no red blood distribution width record (<i>n</i> = 21), and red blood cell distribution width record ≥23 (<i>n</i> = 9). Finally, this study screened 773 patients for analysis. Abbreviations: MIMIC-III, medical information mart for intensive care III; ICU, intensive care unit; ICD, international classification of diseases.</div>

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Figure 1: Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Paralytic Intestinal Obstruction: Retrospective Data Analysis Based on the MIMIC-III Database 

Figure 1 | Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Paralytic Intestinal Obstruction: Retrospective Data Analysis Based on the MIMIC-III Database 