Postoperative mortality and complications associated with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in surgical patients with preoperative regular dialysis.^*

Abstract

*<p>Adjusted for age, sex, teaching hospital, coexisting disease and type of surgery and anesthesia.</p>†<p>The highest quintile of length of stay during the surgical admission (the patient percentage for each group belonged to the highest quintile of length of stay [≥18 days] of the total patients as percentage of increased length of stay).</p><p>OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit.</p