Intestinal complications in Brazilian patients with ulcerative colitis treated with conventional therapy between 2011 and 2020

Table 5 Length of hospitalization and most common procedures performed during hospitalization

Length of hospitalization and procedures	mean ± SD	Median (IQI)	Procedures (inpatient most common procedures1)		Patients (n = 1426)	%
			ICs	Description of ICs
Hospitalization (inpatient)			303070099	Treatment of enteritis and colitis not infectious	1103	77
Length of hospital stay, d (PPPY)	6.62 ± 6.62	4.60 (2.63-8.11)	301060088	Diagnose and/or emergence care in medical clinic	102	7
Number of procedures performed (PPPY)	0.32 ± 0.28	0.23 (0.15-0.38)	303070110	Treatment of other intestinal diseases	56	4
			301060070	Diagnosis and/or emergence care in surgery clinic	47	3
		415010012	Treatment with multiple surgeries	44	3
		415020034	Other procedures with following surgeries	30	2
		407020071	Total colectomy	29	2
		303070102	Treatment of digestive tract disease	23	2
		407020330	Total proctocolectomy	12	1
		303010061	Exploratory laparotomy	9	1

¹Inpatient procedures reported with ulcerative colitis disease International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems codes.

ICs: Intestinal complications; ICD: International Classification of Diseases; IQI: Interquartile interval; PPPY: Per patient per year; UC: Ulcerative colitis.