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. 2020 Sep 17;45(4):857–863. doi: 10.1007/s00264-020-04802-8

Table 2.

Distribution of comorbidities and anaesthesia types in the analyzed patients above 65 years of age divided into the study group (M) and the controls (K)

Data Group M Group K p value
n % N %
n 39 100 38 100
Hypertension arterial 39 100 38 100
Atrial fibrillation, arrhythmia supraventricular 6 9
IHD, myocardial infarction in anamnesis 5 8
COPD grade III 2 5
TIA in anamnesis 0 0 1
Circulatory failure chronic 5 9
Regional anesthesia 39 100 38 100
Intercompartmental nerve block analgesia 39 100 38 100
ASA^ III 9 23.07 22 57.9 0.001537
POSSUM* physiological (points) 17.30 ± 3.88 20.00 ± 3.99 0.0036
POSSUM* morbidity (%) 24.57 ± 12.50 33.17 ± 15.49 0.0089
POSSUM* mortality (%) 1.53 ± 1.56 2.15 ± 1.63 0.09

IHD ischemic heart disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, TIA transient ischemic attack

^American Society of Anesthesiology Score,

*Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Morbidity and Mortality