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Table 3 Adverse events leading to unplanned ICU admission

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

  

PACU group (n=73)

Ward group (n=36)

Cardiovascular events

hypotension

13

4

 

hypertension

6

0

 

arrhythmia

4

1

 

heart failure

2

4

 

myocardial ischemia

3

2

 

pulmonary embolism

0

3

 

cardiac arrest

1

1

 

anaphylaxis

1

0

Respiratory events

hypoxia

21

5

 

hypercapnia

1

0

 

pneumothorax

1

1

 

pneumonia

0

2

 

airway obstruction

3

1

Neurological events

stroke

1

1

 

involuntary movement

1

0

 

seizure

0

2

Anesthetic events

delayed emergence

9

0

 

agitation

2

0

Surgical events

surgical site bleeding

4

3

 

anastomotic leakage

0

2

Infection

sepsis

0

3

Others

gastrointestinal hemorrhage

0

1