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Table 6 Conditions associated with post-operative length of stay (days)

From: Perioperative hypoxemia is common with horizontal positioning during general anesthesia and is associated with major adverse outcomes: a retrospective study of consecutive patients

Conditions

Conditions

P-value

No aspiration

Aspiration

 

   2.0 ± 2.9

   7.7 ± 5.9

< 0.0001

No hypoxemia

Hypoxemia

 

   1.7 ± 2.3

   3.7 ± 4.7

< 0.0001

Elective

Emergency

 

   2.1 ± 3.1

   4.7 ± 4.6

0.0017

Non-trauma

Acute trauma

 

   2.1 ± 2.9

   4.9 ± 5.9

0.0072

Extubate in OR

Not extubate in OR

 

   2.1 ± 2.9

   8.0 ± 6.8

0.0014

Non-cranial procedure

Cranial procedure

 

   2.2 ± 3.2

   6.0 ± 4.0

< 0.0001

No gastric dysmotility

Gastric dysmotility

 

   2.1 ± 3.2

   3.9 ± 4.1

0.0023

No rapid sequence induction

Rapid sequence induction

 

   2.2 ± 3.3

   3.5 ± 3.5

0.0136

No cricoid pressure

Cricoid pressure

 

   2.2 ± 3.3

   3.5 ± 3.5

0.0182

Non-supine/lithotomy position

Supine/lithotomy position

 

   3.1 ± 4.2

   2.1 ± 3.0

0.0189

 

   Age

0.0001

 

  ASA level

0.0006

 

 Duration of surgery

< 0.0001

  1. OR: operating room; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.