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Table 2 Perioperative variables of 734 included patients

From: Patients risk for mortality at 90 days after proximal femur fracture – a retrospective study in a tertiary care hospital

 

Overall (n = 734)

Alive at 90 days (n = 605)

Dead at 90 days (n = 129)

p-value

Surgical procedure, n (%)

       

Hemiarthroplasty

242

(33.0)

188

(31.1)

54

(41.9)

< 0.001†

Total Hip Arthroplasty

92

(12.5)

89

(14.7)

3

(2.3)

Intramedullary nail fixation

400

(54.8)

328

(54.2)

72

(55.8)

Anesthesia, n (%)

       

Spinal

379

(51.6)

320

(52.9)

59

(45.7)

0.328†

General

312

(42.5)

251

(41.5)

61

(47.3)

Regional

43

(5.8)

34

(5.6)

9

(7.0)

Median time to surgery, h (IQR)

22.2

(17.8)

22.0

(18.7)

23.2

(17.3)

0.156‡

< 24h, n (%)

433

(59)

363

(60.0)

70

(54.3)

0.268†

24-48h, n (%)

246

(33.5)

195

(32.7)

51

(39.5)

> 48h, n (%)

55

(7.5)

47

(7.8)

8

(6.2)

Median duration of surgery, min (IQR)

65.0

(41.0)

65.0

(43.0)

62.0

(35.0)

0.945‡

Median duration of anesthesia, min (IQR)

146.0

(57.0)

145.0

(55.0)

155.0

(60.0)

0.007‡

Median nights at ICU (IQR)

0.0

(1.0)

0.0

(1.0)

1.0

(2.0)

< 0.001‡

Median Hb 3 d postop., mmol/l (IQR)

5.7

(1.1)

5.7

(1.1)

5.6

(1.1)

0.274‡

Median blood loss, I (IQR)

1.3

(0.9)

1.2

(0.8)

1.5

(1.2)

0.003‡

Median EC total, number (IQR)

0.0

(2.0)

0.0

(2.0)

1.0

(2.0)

< 0.001‡

mobilization postop., n (%)

       

No mobilization

40

(5.4)

8

(1.3)

32

(24.8)

< 0.001†

Partial weight-bearing

68

(9.3)

59

(9.8)

9

(7.0)

Full weight-bearing

626

(85.3)

538

(88.9)

88

(68.2)

  1. †Chi-squared test; ‡Mann-Whitney U test
  2. EC, erythrocyte concentrates; Hb, haemoglobin