Postoperative Morbidity of Dental Paediatric Patients Treated under General Anaesthesia at a University Hospital: An Observational Study

Table 3

Significant effect of variables on postoperative morbidity signs and symptoms on Day 1.

Postoperative morbidity signs and symptoms	Pre- and intra-operative variables N (%)
	Gender
	Male	Female	—	—
Dental pain	56 (45.9)	66 (54.1)				0.015
Fever	6 (28.6)	15 (71.4)				0.029
History of pain
	No history of pain	Pain present	Pain with associated swelling or fistula
Nausea	0 (0.0)	18 (72.0)	7 (28.0)			0.016
	Treatment provided
	Pulpotomy			Extraction
	Yes	No		Yes	No
Sore throat	13 (41.9)	18 (58.1)	0.039	—	—	—
Haemorrhage	—	—	—	37 (100)	0 (0.0)	0.000
Nausea				15 (60.0)	10 (40.0)	0.031
	Use of LA
	Yes	No	—	—
Haemorrhage	37 (100)	0 (0.0)				0.010