Respiratory Depression Following Ambulatory Urogynecologic Procedures: A Retrospective Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the rate of postanesthesia respiratory depression (RD) and test for potential associations with clinical characteristics of patients undergoing urogynecologic procedures at ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). Postanesthesia RD is poorly characterized for patients undergoing urogynecologic procedures in ASCs.

Patients and methods

Health records of adult patients undergoing urogynecologic procedures at an ASC from July 1, 2010, through December 31, 2015, were abstracted. Cases complicated by RD were identified, and analyses of risk factors were performed with generalized estimating equations (GEE).

Results

During the study time frame, 9105 patients underwent 9141 procedures, of which RD complicated 221 cases (mean [95% confidence interval (CI)] compl

SUBMITTER: Gali B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543496 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature