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Table 8 Postoperative complications and death

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

Postoperative parameters

Patients

N = 912

%

Deaths (%)

X2

p-value

OR (95% CI)

Vital signs

 Normal

597

64.8

25(4.2)

  

1

 Deranged

324

35.2

58(17.9)

48.16

0.000

4.98(3.05–8.15)

Recovery location

 Ward

500

54.3

17(3.4)

2.15

0.14

0.33(0.07–1.55)

 Intensive care

391

42.4

56(14.3)

0.37

0.53

1.58(0.36–7.00)

 PACU

21

2.3

2(9.5)

  

1

 Operating room

9

1.0

8(88.9)

17.85

0.0001

76.00(6.00–962.32)

Postoperative complication

 yes

159

17.4

68(42.8)

310.17

0.0001

93.03(39.27–220.42)

 No

753

82.6

6(0.8)

310.17

0.0001

1

Type of complications

 None

753

82.6

6(0.8)

697.64

 

1

 Hyperthermia

49

5.4

7(14.3)

17

0.0001

20.75(6.67–64.48)

 Coma

36

3.9

36(100)

670.89

0.0001

125.5(59.56–278.46)a

 Nausea and vomiting

34

3.7

4(11.8)

31.19

0.0001

16.6(4.44–61.93)

 Sepsis

14

1.5

14(100)

532.62

0.0001

125.5(59.56–278.46)a

 Cardiorespiratory arrest

3

0.3

3(100)

249.99

0.0001

125.5(59.56–278.46)

 Anaemia

2

0.2

1(50)

52.57

0.0001

24.50(6.95–2231.07)

 Aspiration pneumonia

2

0.2

2(100)

187.24

0.0001

125.5(59.56–278.46)a

 Respiratory arrest

1

0.1

1(100)

125.50

0.0001

125.5(59.56–278.46)a

 Othersb

18

1.3

0(0)

   
  1. aRelative risk
  2. bOthers (Vertigo 7, sore throat 3, Hypertension 2, Logorrhea 2, Neck pain 1, Hiccups 1, Epistaxis 1, Hypothermia 1)