Severe persistent hypocholesterolemia after emergency gastrointestinal surgery predicts in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with diffuse peritonitis

• Seung Hwan Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Trauma Training Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Jin Young Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Trauma Surgery, Trauma Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Republic of Korea

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• Tae Hwa Hong,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Republic of Korea

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• Bo Ok Kim,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research Affairs, Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Yeon Ju Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Trauma Training Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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• Jae Gil Lee

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jakii@yuhs.ac

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Trauma Training Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-8035

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