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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2023 Jan 10;277(2):e294–e304. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005027

Table 3.

Distribution of Preoperative Acute Serious Conditions (PASC) and Clavien-Dindo IV (CDIV) Complications

Total Male Female P value
PASC a 3,492 1,970 1,522
 Deep incision surgical site infection (DSSIPATOS), No. (%) 128 (3.7) 71 (3.6) 57 (3.7) .90
 Organ/space surgical site infection (OSSIPATOS), No. (%) 447 (12.8) 254 (12.9) 193 (12.7) .89
 Pneumonia (PNAPATOS), No. (%) 298 (8.5) 178 (9.0) 120 (7.9) .25
 On ventilator >48hrs (VENTPATOS), No. (%) 406 (11.6) 216 (11.0) 190 (12.5) .18
 Sepsis (SEPSISPATOS), No. (%) 1551 (44.4) 876 (44.5) 675 (44.3) .97
 Septic shock (SEPSHOCKPATOS), No. (%) 849 (24.3) 453 (23.0) 396 (26.0) .04
 Acute renal failure not requiring dialysisb, No. (%) 334 (9.6) 213 (10.8) 121 (8.0) .005
 Acute renal failure requiring dialysisc, No. (%) 247 (7.1) 156 (7.9) 91 (6.0) .03
Composite Distribution of PASC .59
 Patients with 1 PASC, No. (%) 2,857 (81.8) 1,603 (81.4) 1,254 (82.4)
 Patients with 2 PASC, No. (%) 524 (15.0) 302 (15.3) 222 (14.6)
 Patients with 3 PASC, No. (%) 91 (2.6) 51 (2.6) 40 (2.6)
 Patients with 4–5 PASC, No. (%) 20 (0.6) 14 (0.7) 6 (0.4)
Urgent/Emergent case status 3069 (87.9) 1729 (87.8) 1340 (88.0) .85
CDIV complications 2689 1497 1192
 Reintubation (REINTUB), No. (%) 1,014 (37.7) 583 (38.9) 431 (36.2) .15
 Pulmonary embolism (PULEMBOL), No. (%) 348 (12.9) 192 (12.8) 156 (13.1) .89
 Failure to wean (ventilator >48hrs) (FAILWEAN), No. (%) 1,120 (41.7) 622 (41.5) 498 (41.8) .94
 Acute renal failure (require dialysis) (OPRENAFL), No. (%) 355 (13.2) 222 (14.8) 133 (11.2) .006
 Cerebral vascular event/stroke (CNSCVA), No. (%) 210 (7.8) 103 (6.9) 107 (9.0) .052
 Cardiac arrest (CDARREST), No. (%) 343 (12.8) 208 (13.9) 135 (11.3) .054
 Myocardial infarction (CDMI), No. (%) 324 (12.0) 196 (13.1) 128 (10.7) .07
 Septic shock (OTHSESHOCK), No. (%) 450 (16.7) 256 (17.1) 194 (16.3) .61
Composite Distribution of CDIV complications .03
 Patients with 1 CDIV 1,700 (63.2) 915 (61.1) 785 (65.9)
 Patients with 2 CDIV 629 (23.4) 359 (24.0) 270 (22.7)
 Patients with 3 CDIV 265 (9.9) 163 (10.9) 102 (8.6)
 Patients with ≥4 CDIV 95 (3.5) 60 (4.0) 35 (2.9)
Urgent/Emergent case status 1739 (64.7) 990 (66.1) 749 (62.8) .08
Patients with PASC and CDIV 848 475 373
Urgent/Emergent case status, No. (%) 802 (94.6) 448 (94.3) 354 (94.9) .82

Abbreviations: NSQIP, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, NSQIP variable names included in parentheses

Pearson’s Chi-square test was used to calculate P values.

a

144 patients with only preoperative urinary tract infection or superficial surgical site infection were not included in PASC.

b

defined as a positive response to RENAFAIL and negative response to DIALYSIS NSQIP variables

c

defined as a positive response to both RENAFAIL and DIALYSIS NSQIP variables