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Table 1 Perioperative patient characteristics

From: Routine lung ultrasound to detect postoperative pulmonary complications following major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational feasibility study

Patient characteristics

Values

N

98

Males/females (n)

59/39

Age (years)

64 ± 11.7

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.1 ± 4.6

Hypertension

39 (39.8)

COPD

11 (11.2)

Oncology

79 (81.4)

Median ASA physical status

2 [2, 3]

Median ARISCAT score

41 [34-49]

Types of surgery, n (%)

 Esophageal

14 (14.3)

 Gastric

9 (9.2)

 Hepatic

19 (19.4)

 Pancreatic

12 (12.2)

 Vascular

6 (6.1)

 Renal

16 (16.3)

 Other gastrointestinal

22 (22.4)

  1. Data represent mean ± standard deviation, median with [interquartile range] or number of cases (percentage)
  2. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, ARISCAT Assess Respiratory risk In Surgical patients in CATalonia