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Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics and surgical procedures

From: The challenge of safe anesthesia in developing countries: defining the problems in a medical center in Cambodia

Observations (Total n = 1953)

n or n (%, CI)

Agea

43 (32–57)

 Age < 60

1545 (79.1%, 77.0–81.2)

 Age ≥ 60

408 (20.9%, 18.8–23.0)

Gender

 Male

1180 (60.4%, 57.9–62.9)

 Female

773 (39.6%, 37.1–42.1)

Emergencyb

728 (37.3%, 34.7–39.9)

ASA grade

 I

1061 (54.3%, 51.7–56.8)

 II

711 (36.4%, 33.9–38.9)

 III

150 (7.7%, 6.4–8.9)

 IV

31 (1.6%, 1.4–1.9)

Types of surgery

 Abdominal surgery

931 (52.0%; CI, 49.3–54.7)

 Orthopedic surgery

495 (27.6%; CI, 25.2–29.9)

 Urological surgery

263 (14.7%; CI, 12.8–16.6)

 Brain surgery

48 (2.7%; CI, 1.8–3.5)

 Other

56 (3.1%; CI, 2.2–4.0)

Five most common surgical interventions

1258 (70.2%; CI, 67.8–72.7)

 Appendectomy

414

 Open reduction and internal fixation surgery

406

 Cholecystectomy

175

 Urological endoscopic surgery

159

 Exploratory laparotomy

104

  1. Abbreviations: ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, CI confidence interval
  2. aData are presented as median values and IQR
  3. bEmergency refer to the patients received emergency surgeries in the operating room