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Table 2 Baseline demographics. Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding

From: Vital sign monitoring with continuous pulse oximetry and wireless clinical notification after surgery (the VIGILANCE pilot study)—a randomized controlled pilot trial

 

Standard group

Wireless group

Total (n)

126

124

Age (years; mean (SD))

57.5 (15.8)

58.0 (13.9)

Sex (female; n (%))

78 (61.9%)

94 (75.8%)

ASA class (n (%))

 1

3 (2.4%)

0 (0%)

 2

19 (15.1%)

29 (23.4%)

 3

88 (69.8%)

75 (60.5%)

 4

16 (12.7%)

20 (16.1%)

BMI (mean (SD))

27.5 (5.9)

28.6 (7.0)

OSA (n (%))

6 (4.8%)

4 (3.2%)

Type of surgery (n (%))

 General surgery

72 (57.1%)

46 (37.1%)

 Urology

12 (9.5%)

12 (9.7%)

 Gynecology

41 (32.5%)

65 (52.4%)

 Orthopedics

0 (0%)

1 (0.81%)

 Plastics

1 (0.79%)

0 (0%)

Type of anesthesia (n (%))

 General

89 (70.6%)

83 (66.9%)

 General/Regional

30 (23.8%)

37 (29.8%)

 Regional

7 (5.6%)

4 (3.2%)

Postoperative analgesia (n (%))

 PCA

61 (48.4%)

62 (50.0%)

 Epidural

27 (21.4%)

37 (29.8%)

 Multi-modal analgesia

33 (26.2%)

18 (14.5%)

 Non-opioid multi-modal analgesia

5 (4.0%)

7 (5.6%)