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Table 5 Factors associated with poor mortality are summarized in Table 5

From: Poor outcome of octogenarians admitted to ICU due to periprosthetic joint infections: a retrospective cohort study

 

survivor

non-survivor

p-value

cases

41 (71.9%)

16 (28.1%)

 

Male gender

17 (41%)

7 (43%)

0.87

Age, mean ± SD

83.8 ± 3.3

86.2 ± 5.2

0.1

Days on ICU, mean ± SD

10.1 ± 11.1

16.4 ± 16.5

0.1

CCI*, mean ± SD

2.73 ± 2.04

4.94 ± 2.14

0.02

ASA score*, mean ± SD

3.12 ± 0.51

3.00 ± 0.73

0.54

SAPS II Score*, mean ± SD

24.32 ± 15.3

34.06 ± 14.8

0.03

BMI*, mean ± SD

27.64 ± 5.65

24.06 ± 2.55

0.03

Invasive ventilation, no(%)

8 (20%)

9 (56%)

0.006

Hours of ventilation, median ± SD

28.1 ± 41.9

132.7 ± 143.3

0.06

RRT*, no (%)

2 (4.9%)

8 (50%)

< 0.001

Number of surgical intervention during hospital stay

2.3 ± 1.9

1.9 ± 1.5

0.3

Number of surgical intervention since prosthesis implantation, mean ± SD

2.8 ± 3.5

0.7 ± 1.1

0.3

Localisation of PJI

 Hip, no (%)

28 (68%)

13 (81%)

0.5

 Knee, no (%)

11 (27%)

3 (19%)

0.5

 Knee and Hip

2 (5%)

0

0.5

 Transferred from other ICU

2 (5%)

5 (31%)

0.006

Reason for ICU admission

 Unplanned surgical

14

2

0.26

 Unplanned medical

8

4

0.26

 Scheduled surgical

19

10

0.26

 Acute Infection

7

1

0.29

  1. * CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index; ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists Score; BMI Body mass index; RRT Renal replacement therapy; SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; PJI Periprosthetic joint infection