Table 3 |
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Adverse outcomes |
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Outcome |
No hypoxemia (N = 135) |
Hypoxemia (N = 71) |
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CPAP at home + subsequent routine PACU use (%) |
33 |
41 |
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Emergent CPAP (%) |
0 |
0 |
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Increase in oxygen delivery (%) |
16 |
37* |
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Incidence of postoperative hypertension (%) |
33 |
41 |
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Need treatment for hypertension (%) |
4 |
4 |
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Need for postoperative hospital admission from PACU (%) |
16 |
11 |
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Reasons for hospital admission |
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Physical Therapy (%) |
45 |
13 |
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Intravenous antibiotics (%) |
9 |
13 |
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Pain Control (%) |
14 |
13 |
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Infectious Complication (%) |
18 |
38 |
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Radiation therapy (%) |
0 |
13 |
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Other (%)** |
14 |
13 |
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* = P < 0.05. ** No patients admitted for persistent hypoxemia |
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Liu et al. Patient Safety in Surgery 2010 4:9 doi:10.1186/1754-9493-4-9 |
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