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

Table 4

Logistic regression analysis of independent variables that showed significance effects on day of treatment under GA.

Independent variables		Dependent variables	Absence/presence		Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)		Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
			No	Yes
Age	<5 years	Sore throat	59	7	3.37 (1.35, 8.42)	0.009	3.13 (1.23, 8.01)	0.017
	>5 years		60	24
	<5 years	Nausea	60	6	2.92 (1.09, 7.81)	0.032	3.28 (1.16, 9.29)	0.026
	>5 years		65	19
Gender	Male	Dental pain	20	56	0.34 (0.14, 0.83)	0.015	3.05 (1.23, 7.54)	0.016
	Female		8	66
	Male	Fever	70	6	2.97 (1.08, 8.13)	0.035	2.97 (1.08, 8.13)	0.035
	Female		59	15
Pulpotomy	No	Poor appetite	26	35	0.48 (0.25, 0.93)	0.030	0.37 (0.18, 0.75)	0.006
	Yes		54	35
	No	Sore throat	43	18	0.41 (0.18, 0.91)	0.029	0.60 (0.25, 1.44)	0.250
	Yes		76	13
Extraction	No	Nausea	25	10	0.38 (0.15, 0.93)	0.035	0.86 (0.17, 4.31)	0.849
	Yes		100	15
	No	Vomiting	35	0	1.51 (1.14, 2.02)	0.005	1.51 (1.14, 2.02)	0.005
	Yes		107	8
LA use	No	Nausea	10	8	5.41 (1.88, 15.62)	0.002	5.23 (0.88, 31.32)	0.070
	Yes		115	17
Duration	<72 min	Dental pain	20	61	2.50 (1.02, 6.11)	0.040	2.60 (1.04, 6.47)	0.040
	>72 min		8	61
	<72 min	Poor appetite	49	32	1.88 (0.98, 3.60)	0.058	2.51 (1.23, 5.10)	0.011
	>72 min		31	38