Table 2 Clinical characteristics of pediatric surgical patients in TGSH Northwest Ethiopia, 2023
Variables | Categories | Total (N = 1171) | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Survived (N = 1136) | Death (N = 35) | |||
Procedure type | General surgery | 459 (39.2% | 442 (96.3%) | 17 (3.7%) |
Orthopedics | 312 (26.6% | 310 (99.4%) | 2 (0.6%) | |
Neurosurgery | 193 (16.5%) | 178 (92.2%) | 15 (7.8%) | |
ENT | 127 (10.9%) | 126 (99.2%) | 1 (0.8%) | |
Urology | 60 (5.1%) | 60 (100%) | 0 | |
Endocrine | 6 (0.5%) | 6 (100%) | 0 | |
Other | 14 (1.2%) | 14 (100%) | 0 | |
Urgency of surgery | Elective | 547 (46.7%) | 533 (97.4%) | 14 (2.6%) |
Emergency | 624 (53.3%) | 603 (96.6%) | 21 (3.4%) | |
Anesthetic type | General anesthesia | 982 (83.9% | 948 (96.5%) | 34 (3.5%) |
Regional anesthesia | 189 (16.1%) | 188 (99.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | |
Trauma | Yes | 297 (25.4%) | 288 (97%) | 9 (3%) |
No | 874 (74.6%) | 848 (97%%) | 26 (3%) | |
Coexisting disease | Yes | 139 (11.9%) | 132 (95%) | 7 (5%) |
No | 1032 (88.1%) | 1004 (97.3%) | 28 (2.7%) | |
WHO safety checklist | Yes | 1118 (95.5%) | 1084 (97%) | 34 (3%) |
No | 53 (4.5%) | 52 (98.1%) | 1 (1.9%) | |
Transfusion | Yes | 125 (10.7%) | 117 (93.6%) | 8 (6.4%) |
No | 1046 (89.3%) | 1019 (97.4%) | 27 (2.6%) | |
ASA physical status classification | ASA I and II | 1116 (95.3%) | 1089 (97.4%) | 27 (2.6%0 |
ASA III, IV and V | 55 (4.7%) | 47 (85.5%) | 8 (14.5%) | |