Table 2. Overview of outpatient surgical cases in the final case cohort.
| Data Summary | |
|---|---|
| Hospital overview | |
| Total outpatient procedures | 24,332 |
| Total years encompassed | 5.33 |
| Anesthesiologists | 71 |
| Services (surgery dept.) | 23 |
| Primary procedure types (before grouping) | 1,014 |
| Primary procedure types (post-grouping) | 160 |
| Patient Characteristics for the included cases | |
| Patient age (years; median and IQR) | 7.56 [3.56–13.19] |
| Patient weight (kilograms; median and IQR) | 25.3 [15.1–49.2] |
| Patient gender (# male cases, percent male cases) | 14,309 [58.8%] |
| Case overview | |
| Duration of surgery (hours; median and IQR) | 0.55 [0.28–1.03] |
| ASA class distribution (class; percent) | I: 32.5%, II: 45.8%, III: 21.2%, IV: 0.5% |
| PACU length of stay (hours; median and IQR) | 1.52 [1.15–1.97] |
| Max PACU pain score (NRS; median and IQR) | 0.00 [0.00–5.00] |
Abbreviations: ASA rating, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification system rating; IQR, interquartile range; NRS, numerical rating scale; PACU, post-anesthesia care unit.