Table 2 In-hospital anesthetic medication consumption, postoperative complications and mortality rate.

From: Preoperative screening for illicit drug use in patients undergoing emergency surgery: A prospective observational study

 

IDUs

Non-IDUs

Total

P value

Number

75 (7.47%)

932 (92.53%)

1007

 

Anesthetic time (min)

214.3 ± 131.6

192.2 ± 96.2

 

0.159

Surgical time (min)

151.7 ± 120.5

139.6 ± 84.9

 

0.397

Intra- operative anesthetic medication consumption

Fentanyl (mg)

0.26 ± 0.14

0.24 ± 0.12

 

0.350

Remifentanil (mg)

1.85 ± 1.30

1.31 ± 0.86

 

0.009

Midazolam (mg)

4.82 ± 1.52

4.15 ± 1.81

 

0.002

Propofol (mg)

972.0 ± 684.3

797.0 ± 501.4

 

0.070

Atracurium (mg)

31.5 ± 15.1

25.5 ± 11.9

 

0.006

Patients who required fentanyl in the postoperative period — no. (%)

15 (20.0%)

95 (1.2%)

110 (10.9%)

0.031

Postoperative complication — no. (%)

None

58 (77.3%)

876 (94.0%)

934 (92.8%)

<0.001

Pulmonary infection

11 (14.7%)

47 (5.0%)

58 (5.8%)

Arrhythmia

2 (2.7%)

0

2 (0.2%)

Deep venous thrombosis

0

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

Coagulation disorder

3 (4.0%)

1 (0.1%)

4 (0.4%)

Renal dysfunction

1 (1.3%)

2 (0.2%)

3 (0.3%)

Nerve injury

0

4 (0.4%)

4 (0.4%)

Mortality rate within 30 days after surgery — no. (%)

3 (4.0%)

17 (1.8%)

20 (2.0%)

0.182