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. 2021 Sep 22;11:157–162. doi: 10.1016/j.artd.2021.08.010

Table 2.

Rates of in-hospital adverse events from 2010 to 2017.

Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 P value
Total patients, N 2133 2545 2145 1247 1520 969 2159 1339
N (%)
Any adverse event (AE) 105 (4.92) 121 (4.75) 78 (3.64) 28 (2.25) 40 (2.63) 20 (2.06) 44 (2.04) 33 (2.46) <.0001
Mortality 1 (0.05) 7 (0.28) 1 (0.05) 2 (0.16) 1 (0.07) 0 (0.00) 6 (0.28) 2 (0.15) .5269
Return to operating room 3 (0.14) 3 (0.12) 2 (0.09) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.10) 2 (0.09) 2 (0.15) .7649
AEs associated with hypoglycemic agents 21 (0.98) 18 (0.71) 9 (0.42) 2 (0.16) 5 (0.33) 4 (0.41) 5 (0.23) 1 (0.07) <.0001
AEs associated with intravenous heparin 1 (0.05) 1 (0.04) 2 (0.09) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.07) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) .2096
AEs associated with low-molecular-weight heparin and factor Xa inhibitor 36 (1.69) 57 (2.24) 32 (1.49) 15 (1.20) 13 (0.86) 2 (0.21) 3 (0.14) 1 (0.07) <.0001
AEs associated with warfarin 18 (0.84) 27 (1.06) 13 (0.61) 8 (0.64) 2 (0.13) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.05) 0 (0.00) <.0001
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections 23 (1.08) 29 (1.14) 15 (0.7) 9 (0.72) 6 (0.39) 4 (0.41) 2 (0.09) 2 (0.15) <.0001
Pressure ulcers 18 (0.84) 23 (0.90) 19 (0.89) 6 (0.48) 4 (0.26) 2 (0.21) 3 (0.14) 2 (0.15) <.0001
Falls 17 (0.80) 29 (1.14) 21 (0.98) 15 (1.20) 19 (1.25) 3 (0.31) 17 (0.79) 5 (0.37) .0628
Cardiac events 2 (0.09) 6 (0.24) 4 (0.19) 1 (0.08) 3 (0.20) 0 (0.00) 4 (0.19) 4 (0.30) .5915
Pneumonia 10 (0.47) 11 (0.43) 8 (0.37) 1 (0.08) 7 (0.46) 1 (0.10) 5 (0.23) 3 (0.22) .0644
Venous thromboembolic events 6 (0.28) 9 (0.35) 10 (0.47) 4 (0.32) 3 (0.20) 2 (0.21) 3 (0.14) 1 (0.07) .0351
Deep infection 1 (0.05) 1 (0.04) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 2 (0.09) 0 (0.00) .9104
Wound dehiscence 1 (0.05) 3 (0.12) 1 (0.05) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.07) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.05) 1 (0.07) .6577
Hematoma 6 (0.28) 4 (0.16) 6 (0.28) 1 (0.08) 4 (0.26) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.14) 2 (0.15) .3178
Major bleeding/hematoma 59 (2.77) 64 (2.51) 35 (1.63) 14 (1.12) 19 (1.25) 5 (0.52) 19 (0.88) 13 (0.97) <.0001
Cardiovascular AEs 6 (0.28) 7 (0.28) 7 (0.33) 2 (0.16) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.10) 3 (0.14) 4 (0.30) .2268
Revision surgery during index hospitalization 0 (0.00) 1 (0.04) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.07) 6 (0.62) 7 (0.32) 7 (0.52) <.0001