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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Sample size (n)

Age (years)

Male sex (%)

 

First author (year)

Country

Study design

Total

Pneumonia

No pneumonia

Pneumonia

No pneumonia

Pneumonia

No pneumonia

Incidence (%)

Significant factors

Lv et al. 2016 [8]

China

Retrospective cohort study

1429

70

1359

Median 82

Median 74

22 (31.4)

575 (42.3)

70/1429 (4.9)

Age, male sex, fracture type, number of comorbidities, ASA ≥ 3, surgical type, preoperative hypoalbuminemia, high Cr, high RDW, preoperative mechanical ventilation

Bohl et al. 2018 [7]

USA

Retrospective cohort study

29,377

1191

28,186

NA

NA

NA

NA

1911/28,186 (4.1)

Age, male sex, COPD, low BMI, CHF, dyspnea on exertion, functional status, anemia

Chang et al. 2018 [10]

China

Retrospective cohort study

240

25

215

NA

NA

9 (36.0)

68 (31.6)

15/240 (6.3)

Age, CVA, cancer, low platelet, high blood glucose

Wang et al. 2019 [12]

China

Retrospective cohort study

720

54

666

82.3

77.5

20 (37.0)

27 (41.0)

54/720 (7.5)

COPD, CVA, preoperative hypoalbuminemia, time from injury to surgery

Salarbaks et al. 2020 [9]

Netherlands

Retrospective cohort study

407

62

345

Median 84

Median 83

29 (46.8)

98 (28.4)

62/407 (15.2)

Male sex, COPD

Shin et al. 2020 [11]

South Korea

Retrospective cohort study

1155

59

1096

83.1

77.9

21 (35.6)

295 (26.9)

59/1155 (5.1)

Age, cardiovascular disease, early postoperative hypoalbuminemia

Wang et al. 2020 [19]

China

Retrospective cohort study

293

33

260

84.5

85.1

20 (60.6)

76 (29.2)

33/293 (11.3)

Male sex, smoking, preoperative hypoalbuminemia, low arterial oxygen saturation

Xiang et al. 2020 [13]

China

Retrospective cohort study

1113

166

947

86.4

78.8

53 (31.9)

331 (35.0)

166/1113 (14.9)

Low BMI, preoperative hypoalbuminemia, high CRP, functional status, time from injury to surgery

Zhao et al. 2020 [14]

China

Retrospective cohort study

1495

53

1442

NA

NA

28 (52.8)

483 (33.5)

53/1495 (3.5)

Age, male sex, chronic respiratory disease, liver disease, urinary tract infection, high CK-MB, high BNP, high D-dimer

Ji et al. 2021 [18]

China

Retrospective cohort study

901

55

846

81.6

78.5

23 (41.8)

280 (33.1)

55/901 (6.1)

Age, COPD, CVA, hypoxemia, time from injury to surgery

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status, Cr Creatinine, RDW Red blood cell distribution width, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI Body mass index, CHF Congestive heart failure, CVA Cerebrovascular accident, CRP C-reactive protein, CK-MB creatine kinase MB, BNP B-type natriuretic peptide