Table 3: Comparison of specific complications for admissions with regional block (Block) and those without regional block (NO-Block). Data are presented as n, %.
|
Complication |
Block (n = 3,611) |
NO-Block (n = 238,508) |
p |
|
In-Hospital Stroke |
59 (1.6%) |
3,805 (1.6%) |
0.854 |
|
Aspiration Pneumonia |
41 (1.1%) |
1,966 (0.8%) |
0.041 |
|
GI Hemorrhage Prevention |
24 (0.7%) |
1,247 (0.5%) |
0.242 |
|
Hospital Acquired Acute Myocardial Infarction |
23 (0.6%) |
1,393 (0.6%) |
0.679 |
|
Adverse Events Due to Anesthesia |
15 (0.4%) |
1,028 (0.4%) |
0.888 |
|
Post-operative Infection |
22 (0.6%) |
1,161 (0.5%) |
0.295 |
|
Infection/Inflammation Due to Internal Device, Implant, Graft |
4 (0.1%) |
104 (0.0%) |
0.058 |
|
Post-operative Shock |
190 (5.3%) |
9,831 (4.1%) |
< 0.001 |
|
Hospital Acquired C. difficile Enteritis |
15 (0.4%) |
558 (0.2%) |
0.026 |
|
Readmission for Infection Due to Previous Care |
1 (0.0%) |
37 (0.0%) |
0.562 |
|
Readmission for Other Complications of Internal Device, Implant, Graft |
14 (0.4%) |
761 (0.3%) |
0.469 |
|
Readmission for Post-operative Hemorrhage, Hematoma or Seroma |
0 (0%) |
36 (0.0%) |
0.460 |
|
Re-admissions for Other Surgical Wound Complications |
0 (0%) |
7 (0.0%) |
0.745 |
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