Prophylactic Norepinephrine Infusion Reduces Postoperative Complications and Hospitalization Time in Elderly Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Table 7

OR of selected independent variables with in-hospital complications in 120 patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery.

Variables	OR	95% CI	value
Group (norepinephrine vs. control)	0.276	0.103-0.735	0.011
Age (per increasing value)	1.131	1.040-1.230	0.024
Gender (male vs. female)	1.590	0.400-6.327	0.510
BMI (per increasing value)	1.462	0.785-2.723	0.232
Surgery duration (per increasing value)	0.980	0.918-1.046	0.545
ASA III (yes vs. no)	4.454	1.092-11.162	0.037
BNP t3 (per increasing value)	0.835	0.414-1.233	0.021
Syndecan-1 (per increasing value)	1.311	1.102-1.744	0.009

OR: odds ratio; BMI: body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide.