Table 3.
Unadjusted adverse event rates by age group, by age group
| |
All patients |
Age ≥ 65 years |
Age < 65 years |
Unadjusted OR for age ≥ 65 years |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adverse events* | (n = 1,903) | (n = 975) | (n = 928) | (95% CI) | |
| Hypotension |
38 (2) |
28 (3) |
10 (1) |
2.7 (1.3–5.6) |
0.005 |
| Other adverse events | |||||
| Dysrhythmia |
2 (< 1) |
0 |
2 (< 1) |
†N/A |
†N/A |
| Cardiac arrest |
6 (< 1) |
3 (< 1) |
3 (< 1) |
1.0 (0.2–4.7) |
0.95 |
| Death |
6 (< 1) |
2 (< 1) |
4 (< 1) |
0.5 (0.1–2.6) |
0.38 |
| Oesophageal intubation with delayed recognition |
90 (5) |
45 (5) |
46 (5) |
0.9 (0.6–1.4) |
0.82 |
| Dental/lip trauma |
68 (4) |
29 (3) |
39 (4) |
0.7 (0.4–1.1) |
0.15 |
| Mainstem bronchus intubation |
32 (2) |
22 (2) |
10 (1) |
2.1 (1.0–4.5) |
0.05 |
| Regurgitation |
35 (2) |
10 (1) |
25 (3) |
0.4 (0.2–0.8) |
0.007 |
| Hypoxemia |
8 (< 1) |
4 (< 1) |
4 (< 1) |
1.0 (0.2–3.8) |
0.94 |
| Airway trauma |
5 (< 1) |
2 (< 1) |
3 (< 1) |
0.6 (0.1–3.8) |
0.61 |
| All groups combined | 256 (13) | 132 (14) | 124 (13) | 1.0 (0.8–1.3) | 0.91 |
CI, confidence interval; N/A, not analysed.
*Patients may have more than one adverse event.
†The odds ratio for this variable was not calculated because there were too few events.