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Table 2 Frequency distribution of surgery and postoperative factors with oxygen saturation status of patients who have undergone emergency surgery under GA (N = 352)

From: Magnitude of early postoperative hypoxemia and its associated factors among adult patients who undergo emergency surgery under general anesthesia at Jimma Medical Center, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021: a prospective observational study

Characteristics

Category

Oxygen saturation status in percent

Normal

Hypoxemic

Incision site

Upper abdominal

4 (66.7)

2 (33.3)

Lower abdominal

62 (74.7)

21 (25.3)

Upper and lower abdominal

72 (45.6)

86 (54.4)

Limbs

20 (66.7)

10 (33.3)

Others (head, neck…)

45 (60)

30 (40)

Surgeon

Senior

5 (62.5)

3 (37.5)

Resident

170 (57.4)

126 (42.6)

Both

28 (58.3)

20 (41.7)

Surgery duration

 < 120 min

107 (71.3)

43 (28.7)

 ≥ 120 min

96 (47.5)

106 (52.5)

Fluid

 < 1500 ml

74 (75.5)

24 (24.5)

 ≥ 1500 ml

129 (50.8)

125 (49.2)

EBL

 < 500 ml

184 (61.5)

115 (38.5)

 ≥ 500 ml

19 (35.8)

34 (64.2)

BP

Normal

185 (62.9)

109 (37.1)

Hypotensive

7 (21.2)

26 (78.8)

Hypertensive

11 (44)

14 (56)

Muscular strength

Score 0

62 (39.7)

94 (60.3)

Score 1

141 (71.9)

55 (28.1)