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Table 6 Multivariate Cox regression of upper airway obstruction in combination with reintubation based on period of anesthesia (n = 42,055)

From: Risk over time and risk factors of intraoperative respiratory events: a historical cohort study of 14,153 children

Variable

All periods (23)

Induction (1)

Maintenance (15)

Emergence (7)

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) p-value

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) p-value

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) p-value

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) p-value

Age (ref= > 6)

  

1a 0.01

1a 0.005

1-6

_

_

3.7 (0.90, 14.6)a

4.7 (0.90, 23.3)a

< 1

  

9.2 (2.2, 39.0)b

18.5 (3.7, 93.6)b

Site of operation (ref = superficial)

1a < 0.001

   

Broncho/laryngoscopy

22.8 (2.6, 201.8)b

   

Ear-nose-throat

4.7 (0.57, 38.3)a

_

_

_

Eye

_

   

Thoracic

0.83 (0.05, 13.3)a

   

Abdomen

1.2 (0.13, 9.9)a

   

Spine & extremity

1.4 (0.14, 13.7)a

   

Remote*

_

   
  1. p-value from likelihood ratio test, CI: Confidence interval, *remote sites including radiology service and cardiac catheterization, hazard ratios within columns and variables that have no superscript (a b) in common differ significantly at p < 0.05 (Wald test).