Table 3 Key baseline comorbidities at time of HRF application. Table 2: By age category; Table 3: By diagnosis category. The categories: “Deep Infection with Nonunion” and “Deep Infection Only” were aggregated under “Deep Infection” as values were similar for both. Comorbidity by Diagnosis Group—Adult Population
Adult Patients | Pediatric Patients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Acquired Deformity (N = 107) | Arthrosis (N = 37) | Deep Infection, with or without nonunion (N = 172) | Fracture (N = 1,275) | Nonunion—no infection (N = 73) | Congenital Deformity (N = 75) | Fracture (N = 44) |
Age (mean, standard deviation) | 44.4 (17.2) | 54.7 (10.6) | 51.7 (16.6) | 49.7 (17.7) | 48.7 (16.3) | 9.7 (4.4) | 12.2 (3.6) |
All Hypertension (with or without complications) | 47 (43.9%) | 25 (67.6%) | 106 (61.6%) | 506 (39.7%) | 35 (47.9%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
All Diabetes (with or without complications) | 42 (39.3%) | 29 (78.4%) | 89 (51.7%) | 239 (18.7%) | 16 (21.9%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Complicated Diabetes | 28 (26.2%) | 17 (45.9%) | 59 (34.3%) | 112 (8.8%) | 7 (9.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Obesity | 27 (25.2%) | 7 (18.9%) | 27 (15.7%) | 174 (13.6%) | 12 (16.4%) | 16 (21.3%) | 4 (9.1%) |
Chronic Pulmonary Disease | 12 (11.2%) | 4 (10.8%) | 33 (19.2%) | 195 (15.3%) | 11 (15.1%) | 7 (9.3%) | 6 (13.6%) |
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders | 7 (6.5%) | 4 (10.8%) | 37 (21.5%) | 164 (12.9%) | 8 (11.0%) | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.3%) |
Depression | 12 (11.2%) | 5 (13.5%) | 33 (19.2%) | 146 (11.5%) | 14 (19.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (4.5%) |
Cardiac Arrythmia | 6 (5.6%) | 3 (8.1%) | 27 (15.7%) | 107 (8.4%) | 2 (2.7%) | 1 (1.3%) | 1 (2.3%) |
Hypothyroidism | 12 (11.2%) | 4 (10.8%) | 33 (19.2%) | 105 (8.2%) | 4 (5.5%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Alcohol Abuse | 1 (0.9%) | 2 (5.4%) | 13 (7.6%) | 121 (9.5%) | 2 (2.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.3%) |
Renal Failure | 10 (9.3%) | 6 (16.2%) | 25 (14.5%) | 84 (6.6%) | 6 (8.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Drug Abuse | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (10.5%) | 103 (8.1%) | 3 (4.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (4.5%) |
Average Elixhauser Index | 1.9 (1.9) | 2.7 (1.9) | 3.0 (2.3) | 1.8 (2.1) | 1.8 (2.1) | 0.5 (0.8) | 0.4 (1.0) |