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. 2020 May 16;4(4):743–748. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.12348

Table 1.

Univariate analyses of patient and procedural factors associated with sedation‐related complications

Hypoxic events Bradycardic events Hypotensive events
Hypoxia No hypoxia P value Bradycardia No bradycardia P value Hypotension No hypotension P value
Age (years) 70.5 ± 11.7 (58–85) 72.5 ± 11 (43–93) 0.71 74.3 ± 4.8 (72–80) 71.8 ± 11.3 (43–93) 0.63 70.1 ± 10.2 (45–84) 73.2 ± 11.4 (43–93) 0.46
Gender 0.63 1 0.52
Male 1 (5%) 19 (95%) 2 (10%) 18 (90%) 9 (45%) 11 (55%)
Female 3 (10.7%) 25 (89.3%) 2 (7.1%) 26 (92.9%) 10 (35.7%) 18 (64.3%)
BMI (kg/m2) 30.5 ± 3.4 (27–36) 26 ± 6.4 (15–48) 0.07 26 ± 2.6 (23–27) 26.6 ± 6.8 (15–48) 0.89 29.2 ± 8.4 (15–48) 24.6 ± 4.2 (17–34) 0.04
ASA classification 0.51 0.49 0.89
I 0 (0) 4 (100) 0 (0) 4 (100) 1 (25) 3 (75)
II 2 (10) 18 (90) 1 (5) 19 (95) 7 (35) 13 (65)
III 1 (5.3) 18 (94.7) 2 (10.5) 17 (89.5) 9 (47.4) 10 (52.6)
IV 0 (0) 2 (100) 0 (0) 2 (100) 1 (50) 1 (50)
Procedure 0.66 0.59 0.47
Zenker's diverticulotomy 4 (11.4%) 31 (88.6%) 2 (5.7%) 33 (94.3%) 15 (42.9%) 20 (57.1%)
Dilatation 0 (0%) 6 (100%) 1 (16.7%) 5 (83.3%) 3 (50%) 3 (50%)
Botox injection 0 (0%) 5 (100%) 1 (20%) 4 (80%) 1 (20%) 4 (80%)
Dilatation and Botox 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%)
Duration of Endoscopy (min) 17.5 ± 5 (10–20) 19.5 ± 6.7 (10–30) 0.79 14 ± 2.7 (10–16) 19.8 ± 6.6 (10–30) 0.08 19.4 ± 5.7 (10–30) 19.3 ± 7.7 (10–30) 0.86
Recovery time (min) 4.8 ± 2.5 (2–8) 5.1 ± 3.2 (1–10) 0.83 4.5 ± 2.1 (2–5) 5.1 ± 3.2 (1–10) 0.78 5.4 ± 2.4 (2–10) 4.8 ± 3.5 (1–8) 0.30
Propofol dose (mg) 94.8 ± 49.1 (41–158) 129.6 ± 96.2 (0–445) 0.58 101.5 ± 88 (47–66) 129 ± 94.5 (0–445) 0.48 129.1 ± 81.4 (41–316) 125.1 ± 101.8 (0–445) 0.68
Remifentanil dose (mcg) 155.5 ± 34.3 (109–186) 191.6 ± 120.4 (0–421) 0.72 135 ± 21.7 (110–148) 192.2 ± 118.8 (0–421) 0.42 208 ± 128.7 (0–337) 175.4 ± 106.6 (0–421) 0.35
Procedure difficulty score 0.017 0.041 0.072
I 0 (0%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 3 (100%)
II 0 (0%) 15 (100%) 1 (6.7%) 14 (93.3%) 9 (60% 6 (40%)
III 4 (13.8%) 25 (86.2%) 3 (10.3%) 26 (89.7%) 9 (31%) 20 (69%)

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation.

The significane represents frequency (percent).