Research Article
Challenges Encountered during the Treatment of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
Table 3
Factors effecting mortality in the patients with acute mesenteric ischemia.
| | Factors | Alive () | Dead () | value |
| | Gender | | | 0.008 | | Female | 6 (40.0%) | 21 (80.8%) | | | Male | 9 (60.0%) | 5 (19.2%) | | Age | | | 0.003 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 61.000 (54.500, 72.000) | 79.000 (67.250, 82.750) | | | Range | 35.000-80.000 | 37.000-88.000 | | Amount of comorbid medical condition | | | 0.989 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 5.000 (4.000, 6.000) | 5.000 (3.250, 6.750) | | | Range | 2.000-7.000 | 0.000-9.000 | | Etiology of acute mesenteric ischemia | | | 0.570 | | Thrombosis | 5 (33.3%) | 11 (42.3%) | | | Embolism | 10 (66.7%) | 15 (57.7%) | | Type of vessel | | | 0.427 | | Artery | 14 (93.3%) | 25 (96.2%) | | | Vein | 1 (6.7%) | 1 (3.8%) | | Organ failure before intervention | | | 0.003 | | Absent | 10 (66.7%) | 3 (11.5%) | | | Present | 5 (33.3%) | 23 (88.5%) | | CT angiography before intervention | | | 0.091 | | Absent | 8 (53.3%) | 20 (76.9%) | | | Present | 7 (46.7%) | 6 (23.1%) | | Risk of morbidity (P-POSSUM) | | | <0.001 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 41.000 (35.500, 74.000) | 92.500 (81.750, 97.000) | | | Range | 25.000-96.000 | 43.000-100.000 | | Risk of mortality (P-POSSUM) | | | <0.001 | | Median (Q1, Q3) | 6.000 (2.000, 10.000) | 34.000 (18.500, 55.000) | | | Range | 1.000-34.000 | 3.000-86.000 | | | Bowel resection | 8 (53.3%) | 13 (50.0%) | 0.275 | | Vascular procedure | 7 (46.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | <0.001 | | Antibiotics | 9 (60.0%) | 25 (96.2%) | 0.003 | | Total parenteral nutrition | 6 (40.0%) | 5 (19.2%) | 0.148 | | Inotropes | 5 (33.3%) | 24 (92.3%) | <0.001 |
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