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Table 3 Mortality according to preoperative parameters and mortality

From: General anaesthesia related mortality in a limited resource settings region: a retrospective study in two teaching hospitals of Butembo

Parameters

Patients

N = 921

%

Deaths

(%)

X2

p-value

OR (95% CI)

Pre-anaesthetic Assessment

 Yes

840

91.2

74(8.8)

  

1

 No

81

8.8

9(11.1)

0.5

0.48

1.29(0.62–2.69)

History of surgery

 Yes

324

35.2

33(10.1)

0.79

0.37

1.23(0.77–1.96)

 No

597

64.8

50 (8.4)

  

1

History of GA

 Yes

265

28.8

30(11.2)

2.3

0.12

1.44(0.90–2.31)

 No

656

71.2

53(8.1)

  

1

Urgency of procedure

 Emergency

198

21.5

42(21.2)

45.8

0.0001

4.48(2.81–7.12)

 Non-Emergency

723

78.5

41(5.7)

  

1

ASA Physical Status

 ASA 1

378

41.0

5(1.3)

  

1

 ASA 2

409

44.4

30(34.2)

16.7

0.0001

5.90(2.26–15.38)

 ASA 3

111

12.1

38(34.2)

115.8

0.0001

38.83(14.78–101.98)

 ASA 4

23

2.5

10(43.5)

107.0

0.0001

57.38(17.15–191.97)

Vital signs

 Normal

697

75.7

40(5.7)

  

1

 Deranged

224

24.3

43(19.2)

37.4

0.0001

3.90(2.46–6.18)