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. 2019 Oct 15;73(4):302–310. doi: 10.4097/kja.19214

Table 3.

Risk Factors of Emergence Agitation in the PACU

Variable Odds ratio 95% CI P value
Single vs. divorced 0.158 0.039–0.637 0.009
Married vs. divorced 0.161 0.042–0.615 0.008
Pre-existing ND 6.779 1.359–33.804 0.020
Gynecological surgery 0.292 0.120–0.712 0.007
Thoracic surgery 0.230 0.066–0.800 0.021
IO bleeding 1.001 1.000–1.002 0.047
IO morphine administration 1.145 1.027–1.278 0.015
Analgesic drugs in PACU 2.989 1.559–5.730 0.001

ND: neurologic disorders, IO: intraoperative, PACU: post-anesthesia care unit, P value: backward binary stepwise logistic regression, significant to include or exclude equal to 0.05.