Research Article

Open Abdomen Management and Candida Infections: A Very Likely Link

Table 5

Not statistically significant () and % among Candida infection, the three different grades of SOFA score, near-operative death, the indication of OA application, complications among relooks, different intestinal involvements, and the relation between IAH and the creation of anastomosis or stoma.

Candida infection
YesNo% at total cases (47)

Sofa score<3622.820.940.42
3–9783.293.76
>914106.584.7

Mortality rateDead763.292.820.59
Alive20249.411.28

OA indicationTrauma bleeding652.822.350.95
Ischemia974.233.29
Peritonits1285.643.76

Complications among relooksWith complications1074.73.290.88
Without complications17137.996.11

Intestinal involvementIleus1275.643.290.77
Colon1084.73.76
Liver, spleen, kidney552.352.35

IAHYes14126.585.640.57
No1386.113.76

AnastomosisYes19158.937.050.72
No853.762.35

StomaYes833.761.410.24
No1978.933.29