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Table 3 Complication rates by frailty status

From: Routine frailty assessment predicts postoperative complications in elderly patients across surgical disciplines – a retrospective observational study

Complication Rates

ICD-10

All

(n = 1186)

Non-Frail

(n = 495)

Pre-Frail

(n = 556)

Frail

(n = 135)

p-Value

Cardiac Arrest

I46

7 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (0.5%)

4 (3.0%)

0.001

Cardiac Infarct

I21

4 (0.3%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.4%)

2 (1.5%)

0.036

Pneumonia

J13-J18, J20-J22

28 (2.36%)

7 (1.41%)

16 (2.88%)

5 (3.70%)

0.143

Pulmonary Embolism

I26

6 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0.062

Acute Kidney Injury

N17, N19

69 (5.82%)

19 (3.84%)

38 (6.83%)

12 (8.89%)

0.032

Cerebrovascular Accident

I61-I64

3 (0.3%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.7%)

0.479

Coma

R40

4 (0.3%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (1.5%)

0.096

Deep Wound Infection

T81.3

18 (1.5%)

3 (0.6%)

12 (2.2%)

3 (2.2%)

0.061

Superficial Wound Infection

T81.4

34 (2.9%)

6 (1.2%)

20 (3.6%)

8 (5.9%)

0.004

Urinary Tract Infection

N30, N32-N34, N39

205 (17.3%)

75 (15.2%)

97 (17.4%)

33 (24.4%)

0.040

Sepsis

A40-A41

18 (1.5%)

2 (0.4%)

12 (2.2%)

4 (3.0%)

0.011

Deep Vein Thrombosis

I80-I82

14 (1.18%)

3 (0.61%)

9 (1.62%)

2 (1.48%)

0.243

Re-operation

 

117 (9.9%)

39 (7.9%)

59 (10.6%)

19 (14.1%)

0.073

Re-intubation

 

31 (2.6%)

7 (1.4%)

18 (3.2%)

6 (4.4%)

0.049

Complications (Total)

 

393 (33.1%)

136 (27.5%)

193 (34.7%)

64 (47.4%)

< 0.001

Length of Stay (days)

 

6.0 [3.0;9.0]

5.0 [3.0;7.0]

7.0 [3.0;9.0]

8.0 [4.5;12.0]

< 0.001

Discharge to Care Facility

 

73 (6.2%)

8 (1.6%)

41 (7.4%)

24 (17.8%)

< 0.001

  1. Total shown as number of patients with at least one complication. National Surgical Quality Improvement Program complication according to [20, 21] and their frequencies by frailty status. ICD-10: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems