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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Characteristics and outcomes of unplanned intensive care unit admission after general anesthesia

 

Number (%) or Median (interquartile range)

 

PACU group (n=73)

Ward group (n= 36)

Gender

  Male

38 (51%)

21 (58%)

Age (years)

70 (58–77)

70 (60–78)

  20–40

5 (6.8%)

1 (2.8%)

  41–60

16 (21.9%)

8 (22.2%)

  61–80

45 (61.7%)

22 (61.1%)

  > 80

7 (9.6%)

5 (13.9%)

Height (cm)

159 (152–167)

162 (159–169)

Weight (kg)

56 (48–74)

57 (49–62)

BMI (kg/m2)

22.4 (20.1–26.1)

21.2 (19.8–24.1)

ASA-PS

  I

14 (19.2%)

3 (8.3%)

  II

48 (65.8%)

24 (66.7%)

  III

11 (15.0%)

9 (25.0%)

Preoperative comorbidities

  Hypertension

36

17

  Coronary artery disease

8

5

  Chronic heart failure

2

2

  Arrhythmia

6

5

  Peripheral artery disease

2

2

  Diabetes Mellitus

17

9

  Chronic kidney disease

10

9

  Hemodialysis

4

6

  Cerebral infarction

6

3

  Seizure

2

1

  1. Some of the comorbidities were overlapped