Background
Methods
Data source
Data collection
Data analysis
Variables Categories | Specific Variables |
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Patient demographics | Age (≤74 years and ≥ 75 years), sex (male and female), race (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, Native American and Other) |
Hospital characteristics | Type of admission (non-elective, elective), bed size of hospital (small, medium, large), teaching status of hospital (nonteaching, teaching), location of hospital (rural, urban), type of insurance (medicare, medicaid, private insurance, self-pay, no charge, other), location of the hospital (northeast, Midwest or north central, south, west) |
Comorbidities | AIDS, alcohol abuse, deficiency anemia, rheumatoid diseases, chronic blood loss anemia, congestive heart failure, chronic pulmonary disease, coagulopathy, depression, diabetes (uncomplicated), diabetes (with chronic complications), drug abuse, hypertension, hypothyroidism, liver disease, lymphoma, fluid and electrolyte disorders, metastatic cancer, neurological disorders, obesity, paralysis, peripheral vascular disorders, psychoses, pulmonary circulation disorders, renal failure, solid tumor without metastasis, peptic ulcer disease, valvular disease and weight loss |
Results
Incidence of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing SA
Parameter | No delirium | Delirium | P |
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Total (n = count) | 114,127 | 1020 | |
Total incidence | 0.89% | ||
Age (median, years) | 70 (62–77) | 77 (72–83) | < 0.0001 |
Age group (%) | |||
18–44 | 2.31% | 0.49% | < 0.0001 |
45–64 | 28.68% | 9.31% | |
65–74 | 35.95% | 27.06% | |
≥ 75 | 33.05% | 63.14% | |
Sex (female%) | 58.8% | 64.51% | 0.0003 |
Race (%) | |||
White | 89.2% | 90.97% | 0.6642 |
Black | 4.11% | 3.4% | |
Hispanic | 3.78% | 3.17% | |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 0.61% | 0.7% | |
Native American | 0.39% | 0.35% | |
Other | 1.92% | 1.41% | |
Elective admission (%) | 88.22% | 69.87% | < 0.0001 |
Number of Comorbidity (median) | 2 (1–3) | 3 (2–4) | < 0.0001 |
LOS (median, d) | 2 (1–3) | 4 (3–7) | < 0.0001 |
Total charges (median, $) | 45,289 (32,176-64,484) | 58,274 (40,603-87,813) | < 0.0001 |
Type of insure (%) | |||
Medicare | 67.18% | 85.46% | |
Medicaid | 2.59% | 1.28% | |
Private insurance | 25.47% | 10.81% | |
Self-pay | 0.64% | 0.69% | |
No charge | 0.09% | 0% | |
Other | 4.03% | 1.77% | |
Bed size of hospital (%) | |||
Small | 18.44% | 16.75% | 0.3670 |
Medium | 24.89% | 25.02% | |
Large | 56.67% | 58.23% | |
Type of hospital (teaching %) | 48.26% | 49.95% | 0.2979 |
Location of hospital (urban %) | 89.46% | 88.77% | 0.5049 |
Region of hospital (%) | |||
Northeast | 13.99% | 15.69% | 0.3277 |
Midwest or North Central | 27.4% | 28.14% | |
South | 36.79% | 35.69% | |
West | 21.83% | 20.49% | |
In-hospital mortality (%) | 0.12% | 1.18% | < 0.0001 |
Patient demographics and hospital characteristics between the two surgical groups
Adverse effects of postoperative delirium after SA
Association between postoperative delirium and other preoperative comorbidities
Complication | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Logistic Regression | ||||
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No delirium (n,%) | Delirium (n,%) | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
Preoperative complications | ||||||
Parkinson disease | 1141 (1.00%) | 37 (3.63%) | < 0.0001 | 3.36 | 2.40–4.70 | < 0.0001 |
Dementia | 1378 (1.21%) | 63 (6.18%) | < 0.0001 | 4.72 | 3.62–6.15 | < 0.0001 |
Anxiety | 7292 (6.39%) | 93 (9.12%) | 0.0005 | 1.41 | 1.13–1.75 | 0.0019 |
Epilepsy | 1410 (1.24%) | 27 (2.65%) | 0.0001 | 2.03 | 1.38–2.99 | 0.0003 |
Frailty | 312 (0.27%) | 14 (1.37%) | < 0.0001 | 4.53 | 2.90–7.02 | < 0.0001 |
Sleep apnea | 11,547 (10.12%) | 89 (8.73%) | 0.1566 | 0.85 | 0.69–1.06 | 0.1542 |
Smoking | 22,810 (19.99%) | 186 (18.24%) | 0.1759 | 0.90 | 0.76–1.05 | 0.1878 |
Association between postoperative delirium and other postoperative complications
Complication | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Logistic Regression | ||||
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No delirium | Delirium | P | OR | 95% CI | P | |
Medical complications | ||||||
Acute renal failure | 1888 (1.65%) | 112 (10.98%) | < 0.0001 | 2.44 | 1.93–3.06 | < 0.0001 |
Acute myocardial infarction | 732 (0.64%) | 36 (3.53%) | < 0.0001 | 1.87 | 1.30–2.69 | 0.0007 |
Pneumonia | 776 (0.68%) | 58 (5.69%) | < 0.0001 | 2.77 | 2.04–3.77 | < 0.0001 |
Pulmonary embolism | 241 (0.21%) | 14 (1.37%) | < 0.0001 | 2.35 | 1.33–4.18 | 0.0035 |
Stroke | 842 (0.74%) | 24 (2.35%) | < 0.0001 | 1.39 | 0.90–2.14 | 0.1390 |
Urinary tract infection | 3498 (3.07%) | 148 (14.51%) | < 0.0001 | 2.01 | 1.62–2.51 | 0.0000 |
Deep vein thrombosis | 280 (0.25%) | 9 (0.88%) | 0.0012 | 0.70 | 0.34–1.41 | 0.3160 |
Sepsis | 179 (0.16%) | 13 (1.27%) | < 0.0001 | 0.89 | 0.47–1.68 | 0.7272 |
Postoperative shock | 32 (0.03%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.2545 | 0.57 | 0.07–4.44 | 0.5912 |
Continuous invasive mechanical ventilation | 510 (0.45%) | 27 (2.65%) | < 0.0001 | 1.24 | 0.80–1.92 | 0.3446 |
Transfusion of blood | 8770 (7.68%) | 270 (26.47%) | < 0.0001 | 1.57 | 1.27–1.94 | < 0.0001 |
Any medical complicationa | 14,482 (12.69%) | 461 (45.2%) | < 0.0001 | 2.59 | 2.04–3.28 | < 0.0001 |
Surgical complications | ||||||
Periprosthetic joint infection | 227 (0.2%) | 4 (0.39%) | 0.1504 | 0.93 | 0.19–4.48 | 0.9299 |
Dislocation of prosthetic joint | 275 (0.24%) | 6 (0.59%) | 0.0404 | 1.40 | 0.24–7.99 | 0.7083 |
Wound dehiscence/Non-healing | 45 (0.04%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.3359 | 1.30 | 0.14–12.21 | 0.8166 |
Hemorrhage/seroma/hematoma | 485 (0.42%) | 9 (0.88%) | 0.046 | 0.88 | 0.18–4.29 | 0.8726 |
Irrigation and debridement | 334 (0.29%) | 5 (0.49%) | 0.233 | 0.98 | 0.20–4.89 | 0.9840 |
Injury to peripheral nerve of upper limb | 141 (0.12%) | 2 (0.2%) | 0.3618 | 1.03 | 0.13–8.46 | 0.9776 |
Any surgical complicationb | 1420 (1.24%) | 25 (2.45%) | 0.0009 | 1.05 | 0.21–5.18 | 0.9567 |
Risk factors associated with postoperative delirium after SA
Variable | Odds Ratio | 95% Confidence Interval | P |
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Age ≥ 75 yr | 2.68 | 2.28–3.15 | < 0.0001 |
Female | 0.79 | 0.68–0.92 | 0.0030 |
Race | |||
White | Ref | – | – |
Black | 1.04 | 0.70–1.54 | 0.8446 |
Hispanic | 0.82 | 0.55–1.21 | 0.3182 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 1.12 | 0.49–2.56 | 0.7830 |
Native American | 1.08 | 0.34–3.41 | 0.8963 |
Other | 0.75 | 0.42–1.34 | 0.3293 |
Elective admission | 0.53 | 0.45–0.62 | < 0.0001 |
Bed size of hospital | |||
Small | Ref | – | – |
Medium | 1.00 | 0.81–1.24 | 0.9898 |
Large | 0.96 | 0.79–1.16 | 0.6742 |
Teaching hospital | 1.08 | 0.93–1.25 | 0.3279 |
Urban hospital | 0.90 | 0.71–1.15 | 0.4058 |
Region of hospital | |||
Northeast | Ref | – | – |
Midwest or North Central | 0.81 | 0.65–1.02 | 0.0687 |
South | 0.80 | 0.66–0.98 | 0.0307 |
West | 0.85 | 0.68–1.07 | 0.1657 |
Type of insurance | |||
Medicare | Ref | – | – |
Medicaid | 0.50 | 0.28–0.91 | 0.0241 |
Private insurance | 0.64 | 0.50–0.80 | 0.0002 |
Self-pay | 0.66 | 0.26–1.65 | 0.3755 |
No charge | 0.00 | 0.00–4.22 | 0.9546 |
Other | 0.67 | 0.40–1.14 | 0.1375 |
Number of Comorbidity | |||
0 | Ref | – | – |
1 | 1.75 | 1.12–2.74 | 0.0141 |
2 | 2.45 | 1.56–3.86 | 0.0001 |
≥ 3 | 3.08 | 1.86–5.10 | < 0.0001 |
AIDS | 0.00 | 0.00–1.43 | 0.9665 |
Alcohol abuse | 1.80 | 1.24–2.60 | 0.0020 |
Deficiency anemia | 1.14 | 0.95–1.38 | 0.1549 |
Arthralgia | 0.98 | 0.73–1.32 | 0.8964 |
Chronic blood loss anemia | 1.03 | 0.61–1.73 | 0.9230 |
Congestive heart failure | 1.34 | 1.06–1.70 | 0.0153 |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 1.00 | 0.84–1.19 | 0.9912 |
Coagulopathy | 1.21 | 0.84–1.74 | 0.2977 |
Depression | 1.41 | 1.17–1.69 | 0.0002 |
Diabetes, uncomplicated | 0.89 | 0.74–1.07 | 0.2182 |
Diabetes with chronic complications | 1.69 | 1.21–2.38 | 0.0022 |
Drug abuse | 1.91 | 1.10–3.32 | 0.0211 |
Hypertension | 1.00 | 0.83–1.21 | 0.9776 |
Hypothyroidism | 1.01 | 0.84–1.21 | 0.9221 |
Liver | 0.91 | 0.50–1.67 | 0.7703 |
Lymphoma | 1.30 | 0.53–3.22 | 0.5705 |
Fluid and electrolyte disorders | 2.19 | 1.83–2.61 | < 0.0001 |
Metastatic cancer | 0.97 | 0.23–4.15 | 0.9722 |
Neurological disorders | 5.23 | 4.43–6.17 | < 0.0001 |
Obesity | 0.97 | 0.78–1.20 | 0.7685 |
Paralysis | 1.00 | 0.48–2.08 | 0.9924 |
Peripheral vascular disorders | 0.96 | 0.70–1.32 | 0.7990 |
Psychoses | 1.36 | 0.97–1.91 | 0.0724 |
Pulmonary circulation disorders | 1.30 | 0.86–1.97 | 0.2103 |
Renal failure | 1.17 | 0.92–1.47 | 0.1951 |
Tumor | 1.04 | 0.49–2.23 | 0.9165 |
Ulcer | 7.27 | 0.92–57.50 | 0.0600 |
Valvular disease | 0.89 | 0.67–1.18 | 0.4130 |
Weight loss | 1.66 | 1.06–2.59 | 0.0254 |