Table 5.
Factors associated with the difficult airway of pediatric patients who underwent surgery under general anesthesia in referral hospitals of Addis Ababa.
| Variables | Difficult airway |
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| Age | 0–2 years | 46/174 | 128/174 | 3.430 (1.692, 6.954) | 6.768 (2.024, 22.636) | 0.002 |
| 3–5 years | 11/116 | 105/116 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Weight for age | Normal weight | 13/112 | 99/112 | 1 | 1 | 0.027 |
| Underweight | 44/178 | 134/178 | 2.501 (1.278, 4.892) | 4.661 (1.196, 18.154) | ||
| Anticipated difficult airway | Yes | 41/60 | 19/60 | 28.862 (13.712, 60.751) | 18.563 (4.837, 71.248) | <0.001 |
| No | 16/230 | 214/230 | 1 | 1 | ||
| History of difficult airway | Yes | 38/46 | 8/46 | 56.250 (22.991, 137.524) | 8.351 (2.033, 34.302) | 0.003 |
| No | 19/244 | 225/244 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Experience of the anesthetist | >4 years | 6/163 | 157/163 | 1 | 1 | <0.001 |
| <4 years | 51 | 76 | 17.559 (7.217, 42.722) | 9.652 (2.910, 32.050) | ||
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.