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Table 2 Perioperative procedure characteristics

From: Enhanced PeriOperative Care and Health protection programme for the prevention of surgical site infections after elective abdominal surgery (EPO2CH): statistical analysis plan of a randomised controlled multicentre superiority trial

Characteristic

Intervention group (n =)

Control group (n =)

Preoperative antibiotics (%)

 Within 15–60 min before incision (%)

  

Arterial blood pressure, mmHg

  

Heart rate, bpm

  

Core temperature, C

  

Inspired oxygen fraction

  

Oxygen saturation

  

Partial pressure of arterial oxygen

  

Subcutaneous oxygen tension

  

Estimated blood loss, ml

  

Crystalloid, ml

  

Colloid, ml

  

Blood products, units

 Patients with blood products, n

  

Vasopressors, mg

  

Wound classification (%)

 Clean

  

 Clean/contaminated

  

 Contaminated

  

 Dirty

  

Operation time (minutes)

  

Epidural anaesthesia

  

Pain (VAS)

 Highest pain score POD1

  

 Cumulative score within first 3 days postoperative

  
  1. POD postoperative day, VAS visual analogue scale