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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jun 24;207(4):459–467. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.028

Table 2. Infectious and Noninfectious Outcomes in Study Cohort (n=567).

Complications (%) No PN (n = 472) PN (n = 95) Adjusted OR (95% CI) p-value
Late Infectious
Nosocomial Infection (excluding SSI) 128 (27) 53 (56) 2.1 (1.3 - 3.5) 0.003
Pneumonia 68 (14) 31 (33) 1.7 (1.0 - 3.0) 0.06
Blood Stream Infection (BSI) 38 (8) 25 (26) 2.9 (1.6 – 5.4) 0.001
Catheter Related BSI 8 (2) 4 (4) 3.8 (0.9 – 15.6) 0.06
Urinary Tract Infection 39 (8) 21 (22) 2.5 (1.3 – 4.9) 0.006
Surgical Site Infection (SSI) 47 (10) 17 (18) 1.5 (0.8 – 2.9) 0.24
Non-Infectious
Late ARDS (onset after 7 days) 7 (1) 8 (8) 3.4 (1.0 – 11.0) 0.04
Late Thromboembolic (onset after 7 days) 29 (6) 9 (9) 1.4 (0.6 – 3.2) 0.48
Death 38 (8) 22 (23) 1.5 (0.8 – 3.0) 0.24

Data are presented as number of patients in each group with percentage in parentheses. Associated p-values are based upon aOR.