Table II.
Bivariate analysis of 30-day postoperative complications in patients with and without chronic steroid use.
| Postoperative complication | Non steroid (n = 25,376) |
Chronic steroid (n = 1293) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Sepsis | 39 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | .998 |
| Septic shock | 10 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.23 | .007 |
| Pneumonia | 119 | 0.47 | 9 | 0.70 | .252 |
| Reintubation | 49 | 0.19 | 2 | 0.15 | .919 |
| Urinary tract infection | 168 | 0.66 | 16 | 1.24 | .016 |
| Stroke | 21 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.08 | .947 |
| Cardiac arrest | 15 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Myocardial infarction | 66 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.54 | .022 |
| Bleeding transfusions | 442 | 1.74 | 32 | 2.47 | .053 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 78 | 0.31 | 5 | 0.39 | .642 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 67 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.54 | .080 |
| Failure to wean off ventilator | 24 | 0.09 | 4 | 0.31 | .028 |
| Deep incisional SSI | 17 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Superficial incisional SSI | 63 | 0.25 | 6 | 0.46 | .143 |
| Organ/space SSI | 58 | 0.23 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Wound dehiscence | 17 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.00 | .999 |
| Readmission | 716 | 2.82 | 61 | 4.72 | <.001 |
| Reoperation | 349 | 1.38 | 21 | 1.62 | .456 |
| Nonhome discharge | 2106 | 8.30 | 155 | 11.99 | <.001 |
| Mortality | 36 | 0.14 | 6 | 0.46 | .007 |
Bold P-values indicate statistical significance with P < .05.
SSI, surgical site infection.