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Table 2 Mortality associations

From: Evaluation of operating room reverse Trendelenburg positioning and its effect on postoperative hypoxemia, aspiration, and length of stay: a retrospective study of consecutive patients

 

Lived

Died

p value

Patients

1491 (99.4%)

9 (0.6%)

 

Adverse outcomes

 Postoperative hypoxemia

302 (20.3%)

7 (77.8%)

0.0004

 Perioperative aspiration

48 (3.2%)

4 (44.4%)

< 0.0001

 Postoperative length of stay (days)

2.5 ± 3.4

5.1 ± 5.7

0.2099

Preoperative risk

 Age

56 ± 17

75 ± 14

0.0016

 ASA classification

2.8 ± 0.6

3.2 ± 0.7

0.0464

 Emergency procedures

120 (8.1%)

3 (33.3%)

0.0058

 Preexisting lung disease

221 (14.8%)

1 (11.1%)

0.7546

 Weight (kg)

86 ± 24

80 ± 22

0.4037

Intraoperative risk

 Operating room minutes

128 ± 74

149 ± 69

0.3972

 Glycopyrrolate on induction

366 (24.6%)

1 (11.1%)

0.3499

 Fluid input (L)

1.6 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 2.0

0.3964

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists