Table 3. Incidence of Complications.
The incidence of selected outcomes for patients without and with diagnosis of sleep apnea
| No SA diagnosis | SA Diagnosis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | N | % | N | % | STD(%) | p-value |
| Pulmonary Embolism | 1,908 | 0.4 | 267 | 0.6 | 2.99 | <0.0001 |
| Deep Venous Thrombosis | 2,665 | 0.5 | 266 | 0.6 | 0.70 | 0.15 |
| Cerebrovascular Accident | 560 | 0.1 | 46 | 0.1 | 0.34 | 0.50 |
| Pulmonary Complications | 2,672 | 0.6 | 839 | 1.9 | 12.27 | <0.0001 |
| Sepsis | 697 | 0.1 | 91 | 0.2 | 1.49 | 0.0011 |
| Cardiac Complications (Non MI) | 29,847 | 6.1 | 4,110 | 9.3 | 11.81 | <0.0001 |
| Pneumonia | 3,987 | 0.8 | 591 | 1.3 | 4.99 | <0.0001 |
| All Infectious Complications | 19,738 | 4.1 | 1,899 | 4.3 | 1.15 | 0.02 |
| Acute Renal Failure | 6,741 | 1.4 | 1,245 | 2.8 | 9.96 | <0.0001 |
| Gastrointestinal Complications | 3,571 | 0.7 | 507 | 1.1 | 4.26 | <0.0001 |
| Acute MI | 1,280 | 0.3 | 114 | 0.3 | 0.11 | 0.82 |
| 30 Day Mortality | 716 | 0.1 | 85 | 0.2 | 0.79 | <0.0001 |
| ICU Utilization | 14,647 | 3.0 | 2,713 | 6.1 | 14.96 | <0.0001 |
| Stepdown and Telemetry Use | 26,847 | 5.5 | 4,108 | 9.3 | 14.39 | <0.0001 |
| Mechanical Ventilation | 1,622 | 0.3 | 2,183 | 4.9 | 29.03 | <0.0001 |
| Non-invasive ventilation | 400 | 0.1 | 1,665 | 3.8 | 27.05 | <0.0001 |
| Transfusion | 93,958 | 19.3 | 6,394 | 14.5 | 13.07 | <0.0001 |
(SA = sleep apnea; STD = Standardized Difference; MI = myocardial infarction)