Table 2.

Surgical and anesthetic characteristics of patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia undergoing general anesthesia

	Surgeries (n = 163)
Procedural category
Otolaryngology procedure	87 (53.4)
Cauterization for epistaxis	50
Septodermoplasty	21
Other procedures for telangiectasias	6
Unrelated procedures	10
Interventional radiology procedure	10 (6.1)
Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation coil	7
Central nervous system arteriovenous malformation coil	2
Inferior vena cava filter placement	1
General surgery	27 (16.6)
Intraperitoneal	19
Laparoscopic	13
Diagnostic procedures	13 (8.0)
Thoracic surgery	7 (4.3)
Cardiac surgery	6 (3.7)
Orthopedic surgery	6 (3.7)
Liver transplant surgery	4 (2.5)
Neurosurgery	2 (1.2)
Urology surgery	1 (0.6)
Emergent surgery	11 (6.7)
Duration of surgery (min)	228 ± 84
Airway management
Endotracheal tube	160 (98.2)
Fiberoptic/videolaryngoscope	2 (1.2)
Laryngeal mask airway	3 (1.8)
Airway trauma	0
Neuraxial anesthesia	5 (3.1)
Intraoperative blood transfusions	25 (15.3)
Intensive care unit admission	26 (16.0)

Data presented at number of patients (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation