Table 5.
Clinical Outcomes and Resource Utilization in Patients With LVAD Hospital Admission and Stroke: Sex-Based Differences
| Male (n = 1,636) |
Female (n = 556) |
Total (N = 2,192) |
Unadjusted OR/ Beta-Coefficient |
95% CI (Lower-Upper) |
P Value | Adjusted OR/ Beta-Coefficient |
95% CI (Lower-Upper) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressors use | 214 (13.10) | 55 (9.90) | 269 (12.29) | 0.73 | (0.37-1.45) | 0.37 | 0.72 | (0.37-1.43) | 0.35 |
| Invasive mechanical ventilation | 910 (55.60) | 322 (57.99) | 1,232 (56.21) | 1.10 | (0.71-1.71) | 0.66 | 1.12 | (0.71-1.76) | 0.62 |
| Acute kidney injury | 1,176 (71.84) | 357 (64.34) | 1,533 (69.94) | 0.71 | (0.46-1.09) | 0.12 | 0.79 | (0.50-1.25) | 0.32 |
| Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis | 154 (9.38) | 55 (9.90) | 209 (9.52) | 1.06 | (0.54-2.08) | 0.86 | 1.08 | (0.56-2.05) | 0.82 |
| Gastrostomy | 169 (10.33) | 25 (4.50) | 194 (8.86) | 0.41 | (0.16-1.04) | 0.06 | 0.48 | (0.19-1.21) | 0.12 |
| Tracheostomy | 354 (21.65) | 143 (25.80) | 498 (22.70) | 1.26 | (0.77-2.05) | 0.36 | 1.36 | (0.80-2.29) | 0.26 |
| Cardiac arrest | 248 (15.17) | 74 (13.32) | 322 (14.70) | 0.86 | (0.47-1.58) | 0.63 | 0.79 | (0.42-1.49) | 0.46 |
| Inpatient mortality | 626 (38.28) | 228 (41.00) | 854 (38.97) | 1.12 | (0.74-1.7) | 0.59 | 1.13 | (0.73-1.75) | 0.57 |
| LOS, days | 48.67 ± 1.82 | 57.62 ± 4.22 | 59.95 ± 1.74 | 8.95 | (−0.08 to 17.99) | 0.05 | 6.09 | (−2.67 to 14.84) | 0.17 |
| Inflation-adjusted cost, US $ | 343,767.10 ± 10,675.27 | 401,386.10 ± 22,689.21 | 358,414.20 ± 10,020.30 | 57,619.04 | (8,786.31-106,451.80) | 0.02 | 39,779.67 | (−9,010.72 to 88,570.07) | 0.11 |
Values are n (%) or mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.
LOS = length of stay.