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Table 3 PPU studies reporting on 30-day mortality

From: Scoring systems for outcome prediction in patients with perforated peptic ulcer

Study (reference)

Country

Study period

Number of patients

Mortality rate, n (%)

Age, mean

Score system used

Arici et al[50]

Italy

1991-2004

147

14%

52 (median)

Boey

Arveen et al[36]

India

2006-2008

328

9%

43

ASA

Bae et al[7]

Korea

2006-2007

4258

3%

74% younger than 60 years of age

No score system

Bas et al[51]

Belgium

1998-2004

97

5%

39

No score system

Bin-Taleb et al[52]

Yemen

1997-2006

156

4%

39

No score system

Chalya et al[56]

Tanzania

2006-2011

84

11%

28 (median)

No score system

Christensen et al[2]

Denmark

1991-2003

2061

25%

61% older than 65 years of age

No score system

Dakubo et al[35]

Ghana

1998-2002

326

11%

41

No score system

Egberts et al[27]

Germany

1993-2005

261

24%

67 (median)

Possum-phys

Forsmo et al[46]

Norway

1992-2003

102

22%

71 (median)

ASA

Hemmer et al[43]

The Netherlands

2000-2005

272

16%

62

ASA

Kamani et al[57]

Iran

1996-2005

56

5%

50

No score system

Kim et al[49]

Korea

2005-2010

142

6%

57

ASA

Koc et al[16]

Turkey

2005-2006

75

11%

44 (median)

APACHE II, APACHE III SAPS II, MPM II

Kocer et al[47]

Turkey

2001-2004

269

9%

43

ASA

Kujath[48]

Germany

1996-2000

102

14%

69

ASA

Larkin et al[45]

Ireland

1998-2007

76

20%

60

ASA

Lohsiriwat et al[10]

Thailand

2001-2006

152

9%

52

Boey, ASA, MPI

Makele et al[23]

Finland

1979-2000

280

14%

58

Boey, ASA, MPI

Mishra et al[18]

India

1999-2001

140

11%

39

Apache II

MPI

Jabalpur

Montalvo-Jave et al[53]

Mexico

2006-2008

30

17%

57

No score system

Muslu et al[58]

Turkey

1998-2005

126

4%

51

No score system

Møller et al[19]

Denmark

2003-2009

2668

27%

71 (median)

PULP, ASA, Boey

Nasio/Saidi[59]

Kenya

2005-2006

44

9%

35

No score system

Noguiera et al[44]

Portugal

1990-2000

210

10%

53 (median)

No score system

Rajesh et al[55]

India

2006-2011

180

13%

<50 years

Apache II

Boey

Subedi et al[54]

Nepal

2002-2004

145

7%

46

No score system

Taha et al[32]

Scotland

1997-2006

270

19%

64 (median)

Charlson comorbidity index

Thorsen et al[4]

Norway

2003-2009

114

16%

67 (median)

ASA

Boey

  1. Table sorted alphabetically by study author’s name.
  2. Mortality rates and age are rounded up/down.
  3. American society of anesthesiologists (ASA) score.
  4. Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II).
  5. Simplified acute physiology score II (SAPS II).
  6. Mortality probability models II (MPM II).
  7. Mannheim peritonitis index (MPI).
  8. Peptic ulcer perforation (PULP) score.
  9. Physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity physical sub-score (POSSUM-phys score).