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Table 1 General characteristics of the patients with or without POD

From: Nomogram for predicting the risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgery

Variable

POD (n = 35)

Non-POD (n = 976)

P value

Age (year)

83 (74, 86)

71 (67, 77)

0.000

Gender (male/female)

21/14

406/570

0.030

ASA (I/II/III/IV)

0/14/20/1

11/772/191/2

0.000

NYHA (I/II/III/IV)

10/19/6/0

314/626/36/0

0.000

Operative type (trunk bone fracture/limb bone fracture/joint replacement/tendon surgery/trunk and limbs)

3/22/10/0/0

186/610/177/1/2

0.395

Education (illiteracy/primary school/junior high school/senior high school and above)

17/15/3/0

556/332/72/16

0.609

Smoking (yes/no)

7/28

121/855

0.184

Alcohol (yes/no)

4/31

86/890

0.593

Comorbidity

CAD (yes/no)

5/30

74/902

0.147

Hypertension (yes/no)

16/19

372/604

0.364

Arrhythmia (yes/no)

14/21

166/810

0.000

DM (yes/no)

1/34

90/886

0.196

Pulmonary disease

16/19

138/838

0.000

Precognitive impairment

9/26

10/966

0.000

Preoperative blood test

Cr (mmol/L)

71 (61, 78)

59 (50, 69)

0.001

Hb (g/L)

104 (97, 118)

120 (107, 132)

0.000

WBC (*109)

6.44 (4.13, 8.86)

6.44 (5.22, 8.11)

0.415

NLR (%)

6.34 (3.80, 9.63)

3.75 (2.50, 6.00)

0.000

Preoperative sedation (yes/no)

9/26

254/722

0.967

Anesthesia method (GA/SEA/NB/GA combined with LA /LA or basic anesthesia)

8/16/0/2/9/0

292/352/123/55/133

0.072

Bleeding (ml)

100 (20, 200)

200 (100, 300)

0.000

Fluid (ml)

1200 (600, 1700)

750 (500, 1200)

0.015

Surgical time (min)

115 (73, 158)

100 (70, 135)

0.274

Transfusion (yes/no)

15/20

178/790

0.000

Postoperative analgesia (no analgesia/systemic medication/NB/LA/systemic medication combined with others)

6/29/0/0/0

331/623/3/9/10

0.237

Postoperative_pain (yes/no)

5/30

167/809

0.662

ICU (yes/no)

2/33

29/947

0.355

LOS (d)

13 (11, 15)

9 (6, 14)

0.000

  1. Data are median [lower quartile to upper quartile] and no. of cases
  2. POD Postoperative delirium, ASA American society of Anesthesiologists, NYHA New York Heart Association, CAD Cardiac artery disease, DM Diabetes mellitus, Cr Creatinine, Hb Hemoglobin, WBC White blood cell, NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, GA General anesthesia, SEA Spinal or epidural anesthesia, NB Nerve block, LA Local anesthesia, ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of hospital stay