Table 2 Characteristics of patients and surgeries in the dataset
From: Factors contributing to preventing operating room “never events”: a machine learning analysis
Characteristic | Observations | Never Events |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male (n = 388 (49.8%)), Female (n = 391 (50.2%)) | Male (n = 46 (45.5%)) Female n = 55 (54.5%) |
Length of surgery | Up to 1 h: 2124 (23%) 1–2 h: 4340 (47%) 3–4 h: 2031 (22%) Over 4 h: 739 (8%) | Length of surgery: Up to 1 h: 54 (53.5%) 1–2 h: 13 (12.9%) 3–4 h: 17 (16.8%) Over 4 h: 17 (16.8%) |