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Table 8 Postoperative length of stay (LOS) 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

 

LOS (days)

R value

p value

POH, no

2.0 ± 2.6

  

POH, yes

4.6 ± 7.8

 

< 0.0001

Perioperative aspiration, no

2.3 ± 3.0

  

Perioperative aspiration, yes

8.8 ± 6.7

 

< 0.0001

Time in operating room

 

(+) 0.25

< 0.0001

 < 150 min

2.1 ± 3.1

  

 ≥ 150 min

3.5 ± 3.7

 

< 0.0001

Age

 

(+) 0.20

< 0.0001

 < 75 years

2.3 ± 3.1

  

 ≥ 75 years

3.6 ± 4.5

 

< 0.0001

ASA classification

 

(+) 0.20

< 0.0001

 1 or 2

1.6 ± 2.1

  

 3 or 4

2.8 ± 3.6

 

< 0.0001

Elective procedures

2.3 ± 3.2

  

Emergency procedures

4.6 ± 4.6

 

< 0.0001

Glycopyrrolate on induction, no

2.7 ± 3.6

  

Glycopyrrolate on induction, yes

1.9 ± 2.3

 

< 0.0001

Fluid input (L)

 

(+) 0.25

< 0.0001

 < 2.0 L

2.1 ± 3.1

  

 ≥ 2.0 L

3.6 ± 3.8

 

< 0.0001

POH high risk, no

2.2 ± 3.0

  

POH high risk, yes

4.0 ± 4.4

 

< 0.0001

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, POH postoperative hypoxemia, high risk, open aortic, cranial, laparotomy, and non-spinal neck operative procedures