Table 2 Intraoperative Anesthesia and Surgical characteristics of Elderly postoperative patients in hospitals of the South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, from January 1 to November 30, 2023.
From: Incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients 2023
Variables | Postoperative delirium | Total frequency (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
Surgical specialty | General surgery | 69 | 89 | 158(37.3%) |
Orthopedics surgery | 82 | 42 | 124(29.2%) | |
Gynecologic surgery | 75 | 30 | 105(24.8%) | |
Urologic surgery | 24 | 13 | 37(8.7%) | |
Type of anesthesia | GA with ETTI | 86 | 56 | 142(33.5%) |
GA with LMA | 43 | 32 | 75(17.7%) | |
Spinal anesthesia | 109 | 74 | 183(43.2%) | |
Brachial plexus block | 12 | 12 | 24(5.7%) | |
Propofol use | No | 187 | 119 | 306(72.2%) |
Yes | 63 | 55 | 118(27.8%) | |
Benzodiazepine premedication | No | 218 | 109 | 327 (77.1%) |
Yes | 32 | 65 | 97 (22.9%) | |
Thiopental use | No | 227 | 153 | 380(89.6%) |
Yes | 23 | 21 | 44(10.4%) | |
Ketamine use | No | 177 | 78 | 255(60.1%) |
Yes | 73 | 96 | 169(39.9%) | |
Anti-cholinergic use | No | 173 | 119 | 292(68.9%) |
Yes | 77 | 55 | 132(31.1%) | |
Intra-operative hypotension | No | 144 | 103 | 247(58.3%) |
Yes | 106 | 71 | 177(41.7%) | |
Estimated blood loss (milliliter) | < 1000 | 214 | 101 | 315(74.3%) |
> 1000 | 36 | 73 | 109(25.7%) | |
