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. 2021 Oct 5;92(6):695–700. doi: 10.1080/17453674.2021.1980676

Table 2.

Complications after total hip or knee arthroplasty in patients with and without postoperative delirium. Values are count (%)

Adverse event Non-POD cohort n = 10,001 POD cohort n = 139 p-value
Reoperation within 90 days 503 (5.0) 17 (12) < 0.001
Readmission within 90 days 495 (4.9) 21 (15) < 0.001
Surgical complications 215 (2.1) 10 (7) < 0.001
Non-surgical complications 370 (3.7) 11 (8) 0.009
Clavien–Dindo IV° 177 (1.8) 14 (10) < 0.001
Transfusion 185 (1.8) 20 (14) < 0.001
PROM subgroup 4,139 50  
Responder rate 3,602 (87) 38 (76) 0.02

POD = postoperative delirium.