Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 2 Predictors of postoperative sepsis for all orthopedic surgery patients
From: Incidence and predictive risk factors of postoperative sepsis in orthopedic trauma patients
Risk factor | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
 African American race | 1.58 | 1.13–2.21 | 0.008 |
  Male gender | 1.41 | 1.13–1.76 | 0.002 |
  Age >65 | 1.38 | 1.06–1.78 | 0.015 |
Preoperative risk factors | |||
 Ascites | 4.72 | 1.24–17.9 | 0.023 |
 Transfusion of >4 units of PRBC | 4.31 | 1.42–13.1 | 0.01 |
 Use of ventilator | 4.29 | 1.49–12.31 | 0.007 |
 History of sepsis | 2.69 | 1.96–3.70 | <0.001 |
 Functional dependence | 2.21 | 1.57–3.09 | <0.001 |
 Corticosteroid use | 2.04 | 1.39–3.00 | <0.001 |
 ASA score >2 | 1.9 | 1.42–2.55 | <0.001 |
 Hypertension | 1.43 | 1.10–1.87 | 0.008 |
Orthopedic trauma | 1.17 | 0.89–1.53 | 0.263 |