Table 2.
Postoperative Outcomes for Patients with and without Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
| Variable | Overall N=5,926 |
No ADRD N=5,641 |
ADRD N=285 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length of Stay, median (SE), Days, missing = 0 | 6.13 (0.06) | 6.13 (0.06) | 7.08 (0.28) | 0.001 |
| Length of Stay > 6 days, No. (%) | 2,721 (45.92) | 2,549 (45.19) | 172 (60.35) | <0.001 |
| Mortality | ||||
| In-Hospital | 235 (3.97) | 220 (3.90) | 15 (5.26) | 0.250 |
| 30-day | 279 (4.71) | 256 (4.54) | 23 (8.07) | 0.006 |
| 90-day | 468 (7.90) | 427 (7.57) | 41 (14.39) | <0.001 |
| Readmission ** | ||||
| 30-day | 893 (15.69) | 831 (15.33) | 62 (22.96) | <0.001 |
| 90-day | 1,309 (23.00) | 1,232 (22.73) | 77 (28.52) | 0.027 |
| Discharge Location, No. (%) * | <0.001 | |||
| Expired | 235 (3.97) | 220 (3.90) | 15 (5.26) | |
| Facility | 1,773 (29.92) | 1,631 (28.91) | 142 (49.82) | |
| Home | 3,517 (59.35) | 3,425 (60.72) | 92 (32.28) | |
| Hospice | - | 31 (0.55) | <11 | |
| Other | - | 146 (2.59) | - | |
| Missing | 207 (3.49) | 188 (3.33) | 19 (6.67) | |
| In-Hospital Complications, n (%) | ||||
| Intraoperative Complication | 260 (4.39) | 246 (4.36) | 14 (4.91) | 0.658 |
| Wound Complication | - | 171 (3.03) | <11 | 0.829 |
| Postoperative Infection | 1,403 (23.68) | 1,306 (23.15) | 97 (34.04) | <0.001 |
| Renal Complication | 660 (11.14) | 602 (10.67) | 58 (20.35) | <0.001 |
| Pulmonary Complication | 562 (9.48) | 518 (9.18) | 44 (15.44) | <0.001 |
| GI Complication | 817 (13.79) | 762 (13.51) | 55 (19.30) | 0.006 |
| Cardiovascular Complication | 425 (7.17) | 398 (7.06) | 27 (9.47) | 0.123 |
| Systemic Complication | - | 56 (0.99) | <11 | 0.217 |
| Blood Transfusion | 1,276 (21.53) | 1,196 (21.20) | 80 (28.07) | 0.006 |
| Postoperative Intervention | 425 (7.17) | 400 (7.09) | 25 (8.77) | 0.283 |
| 30-day Complications, n (%) | ||||
| Intraoperative Complication | 341 (5.75) | 322 (5.71) | 19 (6.67) | 0.498 |
| Wound Complication | 480 (8.10) | 451 (8.00) | 29 (10.18) | 0.188 |
| Postoperative Infection | 2,100 (35.44) | 1,958 (34.71) | 142 (49.82) | <0.001 |
| Renal Complication | 879 (14.83) | 809 (14.34) | 70 (24.56) | <0.001 |
| Pulmonary Complication | 1003 (16.93) | 928 (16.45) | 75 (26.32) | <0.001 |
| GI Complication | 1,346 (22.71) | 1,260 (22.34) | 86 (30.18) | 0.002 |
| Cardiovascular Complication | 731 (12.34) | 688 (12.20) | 43 (15.09) | 0.148 |
| Systemic Complication | 210 (3.54) | 198 (3.51) | 12 (4.21) | 0.533 |
| Blood Transfusion | 1,153 (19.46) | 1,085 (19.23) | 68 (23.86) | 0.054 |
| Postoperative Intervention | 439 (7.41) | 420 (7.45) | 19 (6.67) | 0.624 |
Note: If count less than 11, the count is reported as < 11 and total is redacted per the data use agreement.
*
Vital status missing for 207patients.
**
Exclude patients died in hospital.