Table 5.
Prematurity and baseline cognitive impairment, neuromuscular disease, cerebral palsy, previous cardiac surgery, structural pulmonary/airway abnormality, asthma, chronic lung disease, seizure disorder, and esophageal/GI disease) as predictive factors for 30-day postoperative complications, readmission, and reoperations in propensity-score matched premature and term patients who underwent PSF for AIS. Bold values are statistically significant (p < 0.05).
| Multivariate Regression Analysis | OR | 95% CI | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premature | |||
| Total Complications | 0.8 | 0.4–1.6 | 0.460 |
| Readmissions | 2.0 | 0.7–6.1 | 0.218 |
| Reoperation | 1.1 | 0.5–2.7 | 0.834 |
| Overall Infection | 2.4 | 1.03–5.5 | 0.043 |
| Deep Space Infections | 3.1 | 0.98–9.7 | 0.055 |
| Superficial SSI or Dehiscence | 1.3 | 0.4–3.8 | 0.633 |
| Cognitive Impairment | |||
| Total Complications | 4.3 | 1.7–10.6 | 0.002 |
| Readmissions | 3.0 | 0.7–12.5 | 0.142 |
| Reoperation | 4.0 | 1.3–12.8 | 0.018 |