Table 1 Patient characteristics, frequency of intraoperative systolic hypotension (≥20 % from pre induction value) and prolonged hypotension. Values are number (percentage)
Variable | Patient characteristics | Frequency of systolic hypotension | Frequency of systolic hypotension lasting >20 min | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 234 (48.9) | 201 (85.9) | 67 (27.4) |
Male | 245 (51.2) | 197 (80.4) | 74 (31.6) | |
Age | 65–74 | 286 (59.5) | 244 (85.3) | 100 (35.0) |
75–84 | 152 (31.6) | 119 (78.3) | 35 (23.0) | |
>85 | 43 (8.9) | 35 (81.4) | 6 (14.0) | |
Surgical speciality | General, breast and endocrine | 188 (9.1) | 158 (84.0) | 48 (25.5) |
Orthopaedics, trauma, plastic and spinal | 145 (30.2) | 115 (79.3) | 37 (25.5) | |
Other | 36 (7.5) | 29 (80.6) | 11 (30.6) | |
Gynaecology | 35 (7.3) | 29 (82.9) | 15 (42.9) | |
Vascular | 25 (5.2) | 23 (92.0) | 12 (48.0) | |
ENT | 22 (4.6) | 20 (90.9) | 8 (36.6) | |
Thoracic | 18 (3.7) | 13 (72.2) | 7 (38.9) | |
Ophthalmology | 12 (2.5) | 12 (100.0) | 3 (25.0) | |
NCEPOD classification | Immediate | 5 (1.0) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) |
Urgent | 64 (13.3) | 57 (89.1) | 15 (23.4) | |
Expedited | 32 (6.7) | 24 (75.0) | 13 (40.6) | |
Elective | 379 (79.0) | 314 (82.9) | 113 (29.8) | |