Table 3.
Postoperative outcomes in patients with and without complications and patients electively admitted or not to ICU after surgery
| Variables |
All patients N = 207 |
No complications N = 150 (%) |
Complications N = 57 (%) |
P value |
Elective ICU—no N = 154 (%) |
Elective ICU—yes N = 53(%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective ICU admission | 53 (25.6) | 31 (20.7) | 22 (38.6) | 0.008 | – | 53 (100) | |
| Postoperative time in PACU (hours) | 2 (0–36) | 2 (0–35) | 2 (0–36) | 0.679 | 2 (0–36) | 0 (0–35) | <0.001 |
| Complications yes | 57 (27.5) | – | 57 (100) | 35 (22.7) | 22 (41.5) | 0.008 | |
| ICU admission for complications | 18 (8.7) | – | 18 (31.6) | <0.001 | 5 (3.2) | 13 (24.5) | <0.001 |
| CVS complications | 10 (4.8) | – | 10 (17.5) | <0.001 | 5 (3.2) | 5 (9.4) | 0.070 |
| Postoperative AKI | 8 (3.9) | – | 8 (14) | <0.001 | 3 (1.9) | 5 (9.4) | 0.028 |
| Infectious complications | 41 (19.8) | – | 41 (71.9) | <0.001 | 26 (16.9) | 15 (28.3) | 0.072 |
| Blood transfusion/drug therapy | 27 (13) | – | 27 (47.4) | <0.001 | 9 (5.8) | 18 (34) | <0.001 |
| Interventional procedures (surgery/radiology) | 16 (7.7) | – | 16 (28.1) | <0.001 | 8 (5.2) | 8 (15.1) | 0.020 |
| Mortality | 5 (2.4) | – | 5 (8.8) | <0.001 | 4 (2.6) | 1 (1.9) | 1.000 |
| ICU LOS days, median (range) | 0 (0–30) | 0 (1–19) | 6 (1–30) | <0.001 | 0 (0–7) | 4 (0–30) | <0.001 |
| Hospital LOS days, median (range) | 5 (1–30) | 4 (1–30) | 9 (1–30) | <0.001 | 4 (1–28) | 7 (1–30) | <0.001 |
Elective ICU—no: patients not admitted electively postoperatively in ICU; elective ICU—yes and elective ICU admission: patients admitted electively in ICU immediately after surgery; N: number of patients; PACU, postoperative anesthesia care unit; AKI, acute kidney injury; CVS, cardiovascular; LOS, length of stay (postoperative)