Clinical Study

Intensive Care Unit Admission after Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Is It Necessary?

Table 1

Patient’s characteristic.

Variables No (%)

Age (years)
 Mean44.5 (30–72)
Gender
 Female30 (77)
 Male9 (23)
Operative Time7 hours (5–10 hrs)
Primary site
 Colorectal14 (35.8)
 Ovarian epithelial cancer14 (35.8)
 Pseudomyxoma6 (15.3)
 Appendix3 (7.6)
 Gastric2 (5)
Previous surgery39
Previous systemic chemotherapy30 (77)
PCI12.8 (2–33)
 <2022 (57%)
 >2017 (43%)

PCI: peritoneal cancer index.