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Table 1 Participants’ demographics of the PASC validation

From: Development and validation of patients’ surgical safety checklist

Surgical specialties

Patients per specialty

Age

Mean (SD)

Sex

Male n (%)

Gastrointestinal surgery

37

59.0 (12.8)

18 (48.6%)

General surgery

22

64.0 (14.7)

14 (63.6%)

Breast/endocrine surgery

45

59.8 (9.8)

2 (0.4%)

ENT/Maxillo-facial surgery

43

50.0 (15.8)

19 (44.2%)

Neurosurgery

32

54.0 (9.6)

15 (46.9%)

Cardio-thoracic surgery

36

62.8 (9.9)

30 (83.3%)

Total

215

58.0 (8.6)

98 (46%)

  1. Abbreviations: PASC Patient Safety Checklist, SD Standard deviation, ENT Ear, Neck, and Throat