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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Validation of the PreOperative Score to predict Post-Operative Mortality (POSPOM) in Dutch non-cardiac surgery patients

Demographics

Value

Missing (n)

POSPOM points

Total cohort

2490 (100)

  

Age (year) (median, IQR)

65 (12)

 

≥21y: per 5y + 1

Female

1169 (46.9)

 

N/A

Comorbidities

Cardiac arrhythmia

275 (11)

 

+ 1

Cerebrovascular disease

181 (7.3)

1

+ 1

COPD

228 (9.2)

1

+ 1

Diabetes mellitus

381 (15.3)

1

+ 1

Ischemic heart disease

291 (11.7)

 

+ 1

Peripheral vascular disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm

225 (9)

 

+ 1

Preoperative chronic dialysis

27 (1.1)

1

+ 1

Chronic renal failure

189 (7.6)

2

+ 2

Dementia

11 (0.4)

 

+ 2

Transplanted organs

26 (1)

2

+ 2

Chronic respiratory failure

61 (2.4)

2

+ 3

Active cancer

945 (38)

1

+ 4

Chronic alcohol abuse

45 (1.8)

3

+ 4

Chronic heart failure or cardiomyopathy

96 (3.9)

2

+ 4

Hemiplegia, paraplegia or paralytic syndrome

33 (1.3)

1

+ 4

Type of surgerya

Endoscopic digestive

55 (2.2)

 

+ 0

Ophtalmologic

4 (0.2)

 

+ 0

Gynecologic

221 (8.9)

 

+ 6

Interventional cardiorhythmology

2 (0.1)

 

+ 6

Arthroplasty and spineb

477 (19.2)

 

+ 8

Ear, nose and throat

76 (3.1)

 

+ 9

Minor urologicb

238 (9.6)

 

+ 9

Plastic and reconstructive

54 (2.2)

 

+ 9

Major urologicb

196 (7.9)

 

+ 9

Other surgery

17 (0.7)

 

+ 12

Minor hepatic

11 (0.4)

 

+ 12

Renal transplant

22 (0.9)

 

+ 12

Minor vascularb

34 (1.4)

 

+ 13

Major hepatic

55 (2.2)

 

+ 13

Thoracic

108 (4.3)

 

+ 13

Neurosurgery

121 (4.9)

 

+ 14

Major vascularb

132 (5.3)

 

+ 16

Major gastrointestinalb

647 (26)

 

+ 16

Interventional neuroradiology

1 (0)

 

+ 17

Transplant

12 (0.5)

 

+ 22

Multiple trauma related

7 (0.3)

 

+ 22

  1. Data represent frequencies (%), unless otherwise stated
  2. aSome patients may have had more than 1 type of surgery
  3. bMarked surgery subgroups differ from the original POSPOM type of surgery classification. See method section for a clarification of the modifications
  4. Abbreviations: POSPOM PreOperative Score to predict Post-Operative Mortality, IQR interquartile range, N/A not applicable, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease