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Table 3 adverse events (AE)

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

Adverse events any, n (%)

145

(19.8)

92

(15.2)

53

(41.1)

< 0.001†

Surgical

21

(2.9)

13

(2.1)

8

(6.2)

0.012†

Non-surgical

132

(18.0)

83

(13.7)

49

(38.0)

< 0.001†

Revision surgery

9

(1.2)

4

(0.7)

5

(3.9)

0.003†

complications

       

Decubitus

8

(1.1)

2

(0.3)

6

(4.7)

< 0.001†

Non-surgical diseases

82

(11.2)

47

(7.8)

35

(27.1)

< 0.001†

Dislocation

1

(0.1)

1

(0.2)

0

(0.0)

0.644

Thrombembolic events

11

(1.5)

8

(1.3)

3

(2.3)

0.395

Cognitive impairment

24

(3.3)

14

(2.3)

10

(7.8)

0.002†

Nervous lesion

4

(0.5)

3

(0.5)

1

(0.8)

0.696

Fracture

1

(0.1)

1

(0.2)

0

(0.0)

0.644

Impairment of wound healing

1

(0.1)

0

(0.0)

1

(0.8)

0.030†

Postoperative hematoma

4

(0.5)

2

(0.3)

2

(1.6)

0.088

Periprosthetic / periimplant infection

5

(0.7)

2

(0.3)

3

(2.3)

0.012†

Other

33

(4.5)

20

(3.3)

13

(10.1)

0.001†

  1. †Chi-squared test