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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2012 May 22;215(1):12–17. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.02.007

Table 2.

Postoperative Outcomes

Impaired cognition
Complications Total group (n= 186) Present (n=82) Absent (n=104) p Value
One or more complication 32% (59) 41% (34) 24% (25) 0.011
 Cardiac 3% (5) 6% (5) 0% (0)
 Respiratory 6% (12) 13% (11) 1% (1)
 Renal 4% (7) 7% (6) 1% (1)
 Neurologic 1% (2) 1% (1) 1% (1)
 Infection 26% (48) 33% (27) 20% (21)
 Sepsis 10% (19) 17% (14) 5% (5)
 DVT 2% (3) 4% (3) 0% (0)
 Reoperation 7% (13) 11% (9) 4% (4)
Delirium 55% (102) 78% (64) 37% (38) <0.001
Days of delirium 2±4 4±6 1±2 0.012
ICU Stay, d 7±9.1 9±12.1 6±5.5 0.008
Hospital stay, d 12±12 15±14 9±9 0.001
Institutionalization 29% (52) 42% (33) 18% (19) 0.001
30-Day readmission 15% (27) 21% (17) 10% (10) 0.033
30-Day mortality 2% (4) 4% (3) 1% (1) 0.322
6-Month mortality 9% (16) 13% (11) 5% (5) 0.040