Table 3:
Distribution of major non-cardiac complications and associated perioperative mortality
| Group | Frequency |
Mortality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % of all | % in group | % in complications | n | % | |
| No complication | 4472 | 84.1 | 60 | 1.3 | ||
| Single | 549 | 10.3 | 64.9 | 53 | 9.7 | |
| RF | 175 | 3.3 | 31.9 | 20.7 | 20 | 11.4 |
| Dialysis | 121 | 2.3 | 22.0 | 14.3 | 17 | 14.0 |
| DSWI | 100 | 1.9 | 18.2 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CVA | 66 | 1.2 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 4 | 6.1 |
| GIC | 61 | 1.1 | 11.1 | 7.2 | 8 | 13.1 |
| Sepsis | 26 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4 | 15.4 |
| Double | 183 | 3.4 | 21.6 | 44 | 24.0 | |
| Dialysis + RF | 50 | 0.9 | 27.3 | 5.9 | 21 | 42.0 |
| CVA + RF | 45 | 0.8 | 24.6 | 5.3 | 6 | 13.3 |
| DSWI + RF | 18 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GIC + RF | 18 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 3 | 16.7 |
| Sepsis + RF | 13 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 1.5 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Dialysis + sepsis | 10 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 1.2 | 5 | 50.0 |
| Other double complications | 29 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 3.4 | 7 | 24.1 |
| Three or more complications | 114 | 2.1 | 13.5 | 47 | 41.2 | |
| RF + sepsis + dialysis | 28 | 0.5 | 24.6 | 3.3 | 12 | 42.9 |
| RF + sepsis + dialysis + GIC | 24 | 0.5 | 21.1 | 2.8 | 16 | 66.7 |
| RF + dialysis + GIC | 14 | 0.3 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 5 | 35.7 |
| RF + dialysis + sepsis + CVA | 7 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 3 | 42.9 |
| RF + sepsis + GIC | 6 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 4 | 66.7 |
| RF + dialysis + sepsis + CVA + GIC | 6 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 33.3 |
| Other complications (≥3) | 29 | 0.5 | 25.4 | 3.4 | 5 | 17.2 |
| Total | 5318 | 100.0 | 204 | 3.8 | ||
RF: respiratory failure; DSWI: deep sternal wound infection; GIC: gastrointestinal complication; CVA: cerebrovascular accident.