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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Potential return on investment for implementation of perioperative goal-directed fluid therapy in major surgery: a nationwide database study

 

All

With complications

Without complications

n = 204,680

n = 76,807

n = 127,873

Age (years)

64.8 ± 17.2

68.8 ± 16.0

62.4 ± 17.4

Gender (% female)

58.8

58.4

59.0

Elective surgery (%)

54.8

45.2

60.5

ICU admission (%)

22.4

36.2

14.1

Mortality (%)

1.9

4.6

0.2

Myocardial infarction (%)

6.2

8.8

4.6

Congestive heart failure (%)

7.5

12.3

4.6

Peripheral vascular disease (%)

7.3

9.0

6.2

Cerebrovascular disease (%)

2.0

3.2

1.4

Hemiplegia or paraplegia (%)

0.4

0.7

0.2

Dementia (%)

0.8

1.1

0.5

Chronic pulmonary disease (%)

19.3

23.8

16.6

Rheumatologic disease (%)

2.6

3.0

2.3

Peptic ulcer disease (%)

1.3

1.9

0.9

Mild liver disease (%)

1.0

1.3

0.8

Moderate or severe liver disease (%)

0.4

0.6

0.2

Diabetes (%)

19.9

21.1

19.2

Diabetes with complications (%)

2.2

2.8

1.9

Renal disease (%)

9.3

14.1

6.3

Any malignancy (%)

22.1

24.1

20.8

Metastatic solid tumor (%)

6.6

7.7

6.0

AIDS (%)

0.1

0.1

0.1

Charlson Co-morbidity Index

1.8 ± 2.3

2.2 ± 2.5

1.5 ± 2.2

  1. All comparisons “with complications vs. without complications” were statistically significant with p < 0.0001, with the exception of gender (p = 0.0386) and AIDS (p = 0.2912)