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Table 2 Difference between surgical and non-surgical group

From: Retrospective analysis of pediatric patients with multiple rare-earth magnets ingestion: a single-center experience from China

 

Surgery(n = 23)

No surgery(n = 28)

P value

Age, years

4.6 (1.7–9.3)

5.9 (0.3–10.9)

0.135

Gender, No (%)

  

0.004

 Male

21 (91)

15 (54)

 

 Female

2 (9)

13 (46)

 

The number of magnets

6 (2–24)

4 (2–18)

0.241

Visit time after ingestions, hours

80 (5–336)

26 (2–216)

< 0.001

Fasting time, days

0.3 (0–9)

7.4 (2–10)

< 0.001

Durations of antibiotics, days

0.3 (0–9)

11.9 (8–19)

< 0.001

Length of hospital stay, days

2.0 (0–11)

12.6 (8–19)

< 0.001

WBC, *10^9/L

7.2 ± 1.9

10.2 ± 3.7

0.001

CRP, mg/L

4 (4–4)

7.8 (4–30)

0.001