Table 2.
Type of Anesthesia and Surgery among surgical patients in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2021(N = 298).
| Variable | Category | Postoperative SPO2 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal |
Hypoxia |
||
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Type of Anesthesia | General anesthesia | 182 (61.07) | 67 (22.48) |
| Regional anesthesia | 43 (14.42) | 6 (2.01) | |
| Type of procedure | General surgery | 143 (47.98) | 37 (12.41) |
| Urological surgery | 23 (7.71) | 20 (6.71) | |
| Gynecological procedures | 22 (7.38) | 4 (1.34) | |
| Orthopedic procedures | 28 (9.39) | 5 (1.67) | |
| Others a | 9 (3.02) | 7 (2.34) | |
| Duration of surgery | Below 120 min | 158 (53.02) | 41 (13.75) |
| 120 min and above | 67 (22.48) | 32 (10.73) | |
| Estimated blood loss | <500 ml | 219 (73.48) | 66 (22.14) |
| ≥500 ml | 9 (3.02) | 4 (1.34) | |
a
Maxillofacial surgeries, Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeries.