Postoperative throat discomfort and associated factors among surgical patients at Ethiopian Teaching Hospitals: cross-sectional study

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 2 Percentage distribution of anesthetic and surgery-related variables of postoperative airway discomfort among surgical patients after extubation during the study period

Variables	Classification	Presence of throat discomfort		Total
		Yes	No	N	(%)
Endotracheal tube (ETT) size (ID)	7.0 or 7.5	100	52	152	45.5
Endotracheal tube (ETT) size (ID)	6.0 or 6.5	22	160	182	54.5
Duration of surgery	> 3 h	28	8	36	10.8
	2–3 h	85	57	142	42.5
	1–2 h	8	123	131	39.2
	< 1 h	1	24	25	7.5
Modes of extubation	Deep	26	121	147	44
Modes of extubation	Awake	96	91	187	56
Patient coughed on ETT	Yes	42	97	139	41.6
Patient coughed on ETT	No	80	115	195	58.4
Types of surgery	General	42	62	104	31.1
	Orthopedic	44	70	114	34.1
	Gynecology	29	54	83	24.9
	Cesarean section	7	26	33	9.9
EBL is more than 15% total EBV	Yes	90	54	144	43.1
EBL is more than 15% total EBV	No	32	158	190	56.9
Frequency of intraoperative HPT episodes	Three or more times	91	31	122	36.5
Frequency of intraoperative HPT episodes	Less than three times	31	181	212	63.5
Anesthetists’ year of experiences	Less than 2 years	104	37	141	42.2
Anesthetists’ year of experiences	Two or more years	18	175	193	57.8

ETT endotracheal tube, EBL estimated volume of blood loss, EBV estimated total blood volume, HPT hypotension, ID internal diameter