Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 4 Morbidity and mortality compared between C+ and C−
Hospital quality measures | C+ (n = 53); CI95 | C− (n = 424); CI95 | p; OR (CI95) |
|---|---|---|---|
Post-operative complications (tot) | 34 (64%); 0.51–0.76 | 205 (48%); 0.44–0.53 | 0.026; 0.52 (0.29–0.95) |
Acute anaemia | 16 (30%) | 138 (33%) | |
Pneumonia | 6 (11%) | 7 (2%) | |
Other respiratory complications | 6 (11%) | 8 (2%) | |
Acute heart failure | 3 (6%) | 9 (2%) | |
Urinary tract infection | 2 (4%) | 7 (2%) | |
Acute kidney failure | 1 (2%) | 2 (1%) | |
Sepsis | 0 | 3 (1%) | |
Pulmonary thromboembolism | 0 | 2 (1%) | |
Ictus cerebri | 0 | 2 (1%) | |
Other minor complications | 0 | 27 (7%) | |
Mortality, n (%) | |||
Inpatient post-operative mortality | 8/53 (15%); 0.08–0.27 | 7/424 (2%); 0.01–0.03 | < 0.0001; 0.09 (0.03–0.27) |
Outpatient mortality (30-day) | 12/53 (23%); 0.13–0.36 | 20/424 (5%);0.03–0.07 | 0.008; 0.17 (0.08–0.37) |
Mortality (t < 48 h) | 10/42 (24%); 0.13–0.39 | 15/306 (5%); 0.03–0.08 | < 0.0001; 0.16 (0.07–0.40) |
IF | 7/10 | 9/15 | |
HA | 3/10 | 6/15 | |
THA | 0 | 0 | |
Mortality (t ≥ 48 h) | 1/11 (9%); 0.02–0.38 | 5/118 (4%); 0.02–0.10 | 0.420; 0.44 (0.05–4.17) |
IF | 0 | 4/5 | |
HA | 1/11 | 1/5 | |
THA | 0 | 0 | |