Postoperative Albumin Drop Is a Marker for Surgical Stress and a Predictor for Clinical Outcome: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Demographics and surgical details.

	Cholecystectomy	Incisional hernia	Laparosc. colon res.	Open colon res.	Upper GI resection	Liver resection	Pancreas resection
Age (years)	61 ± 14	74 ± 10	57 ± 14	67 ± 9	49 ± 13	61 ± 16	64 ± 20
Gender (m/f)	6/4	6/4	7/3	7/3	8/2	7/3	7/3
BMI (kg/m^2)	28 ± 3	27 ± 6	26 ± 7	27 ± 4	25 ± 4	24 ± 3	25 ± 3
OR time (min)	65 ± 21	121 ± 48	201 ± 66	305 ± 120	293 ± 112	283 ± 111	329 ± 100
EBL (mL)	0	28 ± 67	79 ± 80	410 ± 448	312 ± 203	1039 ± 1463	550 ± 428

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.
BMI: body mass index; OR time: operation room time; EBL: estimated.