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Table 4 In-hospital course and complications

From: Nonagenarians admission and prognosis in a tertiary center intensive coronary care unit – a prospective study

Complication

All patients

(n = 3807)

Nonagenarians

(n = 178) (4.7%)

Younger patients

(n = 3629) (95.3%)

P-Value

ARF

167 (4.3%)

17 (9.6%)

150 (4.1%)

0.001

Malignant arrhythmia

94 (2.5%)

2 (1.1%)

92 (2.5%)

0.35

CHF

144 (4%)

9 (5.1%)

135 (3.7%)

0.48

Mechanical complication

20 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

20 (0.6%)

0.64

Shock

194 (5%)

9 (5.1%)

185 (5.1%)

1

Sepsis

77 (2%)

7 (3.9%)

70 (1.9%)

0.11

Anoxic brain damage

14 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

14 (0.4%)

0.85

Significant bleeding

150 (4%)

11 (6%)

139 (4%)

0.171

Stroke or TIA

42 (1%)

5 (3%)

37 (1%)

0.062

Total Complications

902 (23.5%)

60 (33.5%)

842 (23%)

0.06

  1. ARF = Acute renal failure; CHF = congestive heart failure; TIA = Transient ischemic attack.