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Table 2 Postoperative fluid balance, complications and patient outcomes

From: Bioelectrical impedance analysis-guided fluid management promotes primary fascial closure after open abdomen: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic BIA group (n = 66) TRD group (n = 68) P value*
Primary fascial closure [n (%)] 55 (83.33) 38 (55.88) <  0.001
Time to fascial closure [days, mean ± SD] 4.7 ± 2.5 8.6 ± 2.5 < 0.001
POD 7 cumulative fluid balance [ml, mean ± SD] 4620.7 ± 4532.0 11,448.6 ± 4749.1 < 0.001
Intra-abdominal complications [n (%)]
 Superficial infection 24 (36.36) 35 (51.47) 0.078
 Intra-abdominal abscess/sepsis 39 (59.09) 45 (66.18) 0.397
 Enteroatmospheric fistula 3 (4.55) 21 (30.88) < 0.001
Extra-abdominal complications [n (%)]
 Pneumonia 20 (30.30) 39 (57.35) 0.002*
 Sepsis 26 (39.39) 38 (55.88) 0.056
 Acute renal failure 6 (9.09) 9 (13.24) 0.447
 ALI 2 (3.03) 15 (22.06) 0.002
Outcomes
 Ventilator days [days, mean ± SD] 13.5 ± 7.9 20.8 ± 8.1 < 0.001
 ICU LOS [days, mean ± SD] 19.7 ± 6.9 23.1 ± 7.6 0.006
 Hospital LOS [days, mean ± SD] 23.9 ± 7.1 27.7 ± 3.1 < 0.001
 30-day mortality [n (%)] 9 (13.64) 16 (23.53) 0.142
  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD for continuous variables, or percentage for categorical variables. BIA bioelectrical impedance analysis, TRD traditional fluid resuscitation, ALI acute lung injury, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, POD postoperative day, SD standard deviation. *P-values less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant