Undesirable Postoperative Anesthesia Outcomes at Two National Referral Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eritrea

Table 3

Occurrence of undesirable postoperative anesthesia outcomes (types of surgery versus types of anesthesia).

	General surgery			Orthopedic surgery			Gyn/Obs surgery
	GA	RA	OR (95% CI)	GA	RA	OR (95% CI)	GA	RA	OR (95% CI)
Postoperative pain	84.66	77.55	1.60 (0.85, 3.02)	75.68	77.42	0.91 (0.35, 2.37)	92	89.74	1.31 (0.31, 5.63)
Sore throat	26.38	6.12	5.49 (2.24, 13.46)	27.03	6.45	5.37 (1.54, 18.67)	24	10.27	2.76 (0.82, 9.37)
Back pain	17.79	30.61	0.49 (0.27, 0.88)	24.32	24.19	1.01 (0.39, 2.60)	30	56.41	0.33 (0.14, 0.80)
Nausea	49.08	35.71	1.74 (1.04, 2.90)	10.81	19.35	0.51 (0.15, 1.70)	60	64.1	0.84 (0.35, 2.00)
Vomiting	44.79	28.57	2.03 (1.19, 3.47)	16.22	16.13	1.01 (0.33, 3.04)	66	64.1	1.09 (0.45, 2.62)
Cold	44.17	40.82	1.15 (0.70, 1.91)	27.03	32.26	0.79 (0.32, 1.91)	44	58.97	0.55 (0.23, 1.28)
Hunger	20.25	20.41	0.99 (0.53, 1.85)	2.7	14.52	0.16 (0.02, 1.35)	24	17.95	1.44 (0.51, 4.10)
Thirst	33.13	30.61	1.12 (0.66, 1.93)	8.11	12.9	0.60 (0.15, 2.40)	36	33.33	1.13 (0.47, 2.72)
Headache	18.4	28.57	0.56 (0.31, 1.02)	27	27.42	0.98 (0.39, 2.45)	20	38.46	0.40 (0.16, 1.03)

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