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Table 4 Mortality according to qualification and experience of the anaesthesia provider

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)

Anaesthesia Provider

 Anaesthetic Nurse

873

94.8

81(9.3)

  

1

 Any nurse

33

3.6

1(3.0)

1.50

0.21

0.30(0.04–2.26)

 Trainee Anaesthetic nurse

11

1.2

1(9.1)

0.00

0.98

0.97(0.12–7.73)

 Any Doctor

4

0.4

0

   

Provider work experience

 Less than 1 year

45

4.9

5(11.1)

0.27

0.59

1.31(0.48–3.48)

 1–2 years

189

20.5

22(11.6)

1.28

0.25

1.37(0.79–2.37)

 3–4 years

219

23.8

15(6.8)

0.72

0.39

0.77(0.41–1.41)

 Equal or more than 5 years

468

50.8

41(8.8)

  

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