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. 2013 Jun 30;471(10):3336–3348. doi: 10.1007/s11999-013-3138-9

Table 5.

Adverse events: bivariate analysis of patients with a lower extremity fracture

Parameter Total (%) No mental disorders (%) p value Depression (%) p value Anxiety (%) p value Schizophrenia (%) p value Dementia (%) p value
Surgery-related complications
 Wound complications 1.3 1.3 0.01 0.8 < 0.001 1.5 < 0.001 2.2 < 0.001 1.4 0.012
 Acute posthemorrhagic anemia 12 12 < 0.001 12 < 0.001 13 < 0.001 16 < 0.001 19 < 0.001
General complications
 Complications not elsewhere classified 3.3 3.5 < 0.001 1.1 < 0.001 1.2 < 0.001 2.1 < 0.001 2.3 < 0.001
 Acute renal failure 0.9 1.0 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001 0.3 < 0.001 1.2 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001
 Acute myocardial infarct 0.8 0.8 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.7 0.060
 Ventricular arrhythmias and arrest 0.3 0.3 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.3 0.37
 Iatrogenic hypotension 0.1 0.1 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.1 0.013 0.0 < 0.001 0.0 < 0.001
 Pulmonary embolism 0.4 0.4 < 0.001 0.5 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.3 < 0.001
 Fat embolism 0.1 0.2 < 0.001 0.0 < 0.001 0.0 < 0.001 0.0 < 0.001 0.0 < 0.001
 Induced mental disorder 1.4 1.4 < 0.001 2.1 < 0.001 1.6 < 0.001 0.9 < 0.001 0.6 < 0.001
 Pneumonia, pulmonary congestion 2.4 2.4 0.013 1.2 < 0.001 1.9 < 0.001 4.7 < 0.001 3.1 < 0.001
 Pulmonary insufficiency 1.2 1.3 < 0.001 0.4 < 0.001 1.1 0.001 0.5 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001
 Deep venous thrombosis 0.6 0.6 < 0.001 1.2 < 0.001 0.4 < 0.001 1.2 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001
 Intubation or mechanical ventilation 1.1 1.2 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001 0.3 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.2 < 0.001
 Transfusion of blood 10 10 < 0.001 11 < 0.001 8.3 < 0.001 11 0.82 14 < 0.001
 Conversion of cardiac rhythm 0.2 0.2 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.1 < 0.001 0.0 < 0.001 0.4 < 0.001