Table 3.
Postoperative cardiovascular complications
| Complications | Routine | Emergency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opium addicts | Non-addicts | Opium addicts | Non-addicts | |||||
| N = 28 | % | N = 25 | % | N = 43 | % | N = 25 | % | |
| Cardiovascular complications | 24* | 85.7 | 7 | 28.0 | 39** | 90.7 | 15 | 60.0 |
| Hypertension | 12 | 42.9 | 6 | 24.0 | 8 | 18.6 | 6 | 24.0 |
| Hypotension | 10 | 35.7 | 1 | 4.0 | 30 | 69.8 | 9 | 36.0 |
| Arrhythmias | 2 | 7.1 | 3 | 12.0 | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 8.0 |
*p < 0.0003; **p < 0.003