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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2016 Jun 16;205(1):213–220. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.06.025

Table 4 –

Rates of specific postoperative complications in patients with and without UTI PATOS.

Characteristic, % (n) UTI PATOS (n = 353) No UTI PATOS (n = 706) P value
Any complication 19.3 (68) 11.9 (84) 0.001
Infectious complication 14.2 (50) 9.1 (64) 0.012
 Superficial incisional surgical site infection 4.8 (17) 3.4 (24) 0.260
 Deep incisional surgical site infection 2.3 (8) 1.1 (8) 0.154
 Organ space surgical site infection 3.1 (11) 2.3 (16) 0.408
 Pneumonia 4.5 (16) 2.5 (18) 0.084
Noninfectious complication 9.9 (35) 5.2 (37) 0.004
 Wound dehiscence 1.1 (4) 0.7 (5) 0.491*
 Unplanned intubation 3.4 (12) 1.0 (7) 0.005
 Pulmonary embolism 0.8 (3) 0.6 (4) 0.692*
 Ventilator > 48 h 3.4 (12) 1.3 (9) 0.019
 Progressive renal insufficiency 1.4 (5) 0.1 (1) 0.018*
 Acute renal failure 1.4 (5) 0.4 (3) 0.126*
 Cardiac arrest requiring CPR 0.3 (1) 0.3 (2) 1.000*
 Myocardial infarction 1.1 (4) 0.8 (6) 0.739*
 DVT/thrombophlebitis 3.4 (12) 1.6 (11) 0.053

CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DVT, deep vein thrombosis.

*

Fisher’s exact test P value.