Postoperative course of acute care surgery patients before and after introduction of an acute care surgery service at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali
| Total ACS n=222 | Pre-ACS* n=120 | Post-ACS n=102 | P value | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Intensive care unit admission | 18 (8) | 10 (8) | 8 (8) | 0.894 |
| Intensive care unit length of stay (days)* | 2.5 (2, 6) | 2 (2, 6) | 3.5 (1.5, 6) | 0.928 |
| Complications | ||||
| Surgical site infection | 17 (8) | 12 (10) | 5 (5) | 0.155 |
| Abscess | 11 (5) | 8 (7) | 3 (3) | 0.202 |
| Fascial dehiscence | 3 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 0.468 |
| Urinary tract infection | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 | 0.190 |
| Prolonged ventilator | 8 (4) | 7 (6) | 1 (1) | 0.053 |
| Cardiac arrest | 21 (9) | 11 (9) | 10 (10) | 0.872 |
| Mortality | 23 (10) | 12 (10) | 11 (11) | 0.848 |
| Disposition | ||||
| Home | 155 (72) | 86 (75) | 69 (70) | 0.608 |
| District hospital | 18 (8) | 10 (9) | 8 (8) | |
| Death | 23 (10) | 12 (10) | 11 (11) | |
| Other | 18 (8) | 7 (6) | 11 (11) | |
| Length of hospital stay (days)* | 8 (5, 15) | 11 (6, 17.5) | 7 (4, 11) | <0.001 |
*Continuous variables reported as median (IQR), analysis with Wilcoxon rank-sum test.
ACS, acute care surgery.