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Table 3 Complications Associated with Postoperative Delirium Following Primary Elective THA (2009–2014)

From: Incidence and risk factors associated with postoperative delirium following primary elective total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective nationwide inpatient sample database study

Complication

No delirium

Delirium

P

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Major

 

 Acute renal failure

8342 (2.17%)

383 (11%)

< 0.001

1.95

1.47–2.59

 Death

490 (0.13%)

28 (0.81%)

0.08

1.43

0.96–2.13

 Myocardial infarction

74 (0.02%)

6 (0.17%)

0.07

2.20

0.93–5.19

 Pneumonia

1904 (0.49%)

127 (3.65%)

< 0.001

2.48

1.90–3.25

 Pulmonary embolism

345 (0.09%)

8 (0.23%)

0.42

0.74

0.35–1.55

 Stroke

2734 (0.71%)

102 (2.93%)

0.003

1.62

1.18–2.21

 Any major complicationa

12,958 (3.37%)

567 (16.3%)

< 0.001

2.59

1.92–3.48

Minor

 

 Deep vein thrombosis

646 (0.17%)

21 (0.6%)

0.66

0.83

0.36–1.93

 Dislocation

857 (0.22%)

30 (0.86%)

0.56

1.29

0.55–3.00

 Seroma/hematoma

1010 (0.26%)

48 (1.38%)

0.41

1.39

0.63–3.03

 Wound infection

379 (0.1%)

22 (0.63%)

0.35

1.46

0.66–3.21

 Any minor complicationb

2790 (0.72%)

113 (3.25%)

0.03

2.44

1.08–5.50

  1. Any major complicationa or minor complicationb: patients with more than one complication are counted only once