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Table 3 Adverse outcomes

From: Risk of postoperative hypoxemia in ambulatory orthopedic surgery patients with diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective observational study

Outcome

No hypoxemia

(N = 135)

Hypoxemia

(N = 71)

CPAP at home + subsequent routine PACU use (%)

33

41

Emergent CPAP (%)

0

0

Increase in oxygen delivery (%)

16

37*

Incidence of postoperative hypertension (%)

33

41

Need treatment for hypertension (%)

4

4

Need for postoperative hospital admission from PACU (%)

16

11

Reasons for hospital admission

  

Physical Therapy (%)

45

13

Intravenous antibiotics (%)

9

13

Pain Control (%)

14

13

Infectious Complication (%)

18

38

Radiation therapy (%)

0

13

Other (%)**

14

13

  1. * = P < 0.05. ** No patients admitted for persistent hypoxemia