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. 2008 Dec;19(12):2414–2419. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2008010022

Table 2.

Rates of PSI among hospitalized patients with and without CKDa

PSI PSI Description No. of Events Rate in CKDb Rate in Non-CKDb aIRR (95% CI)c P
Complications of surgical care
1     complications of anesthesia 58 0.12 0.08 1.60 (1.07 to 2.37) 0.020
8     postoperative hip fracture 17 0.11 0.02 4.89 (2.79 to 8.57) <0.001
9     postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma 170 0.30 0.26 0.96 (0.72 to 1.29) 0.800
10     postoperative physiological/metabolic derangement 239 0.96 0.20 4.00 (3.18 to 5.02) <0.001
11     postoperative respiratory failure 1086 4.01 1.97 1.37 (1.19 to 1.57) <0.001
12     postoperative PE or DVT 645 1.23 0.96 1.04 (0.88 to 1.22) 0.700
13     postoperative sepsis 407 2.47 1.33 1.39 (1.14 to 1.71) 0.001
14     postoperative wound dehiscence 80 0.90 0.59 1.12 (0.74 to 1.70) 0.600
Complications of any acute hospitalization
2     death in low-mortality DRG 107 0.47 0.18 1.53 (1.14 to 2.05) 0.005
3     decubitus ulcer 1176 1.64 1.20 0.95 (0.84 to 1.08) 0.500
4     failure to rescue 1491 11.0 11.2 0.95 (0.85 to 1.05) 0.300
7     infection as a result of medical care 359 0.34 0.16 2.33 (1.92 to 2.82) <0.001
a

DRG, diagnosis-related group; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism.

b

Events per 100 hospitalizations.

c

Adjusted for age, gender, race, diabetes, CVD, and cancer.