Magnitude And Associated Factors Of Immediate Postoperative Hypoxemia Among Elective Surgical Procedures At Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Ababa Ethiopia January 30 2017 To March 31 2017 G
Background: definition Hypoxemia is insufficient amount of oxygen in the blood. There arerndifferent contributing risk factors for occurrence of post-operative hypoxemia which may lead tornmyocardial ischemia, organ dysfunction, wound infection, hospital stay and increase cost for thernhospital and patient.rnObjectives: To assess the magnitude and associated factors of immediate post-operativernhypoxemia in elective surgical procedures at Tikur Anbessa specialized Hospital fromrnJANUARY 30,2017 to MARCH 31, 2017 G.C.rnMethods: Institutional based Observational study design was conducted. Using Systemicrnrandom sampling technique and structured questioners data was collected from sampled electivernsurgical patients’ age≥18 that came during the 2 months period. Data was entered into Epi infornversion 7 computer software by investigators and transported to SPSS version 20 computerrnprogram for analysis. Frequency and cross tabulation was conducted to describe relevantrnvariables in relation to the outcome variables. Variables that demonstrated a significantrnrelationship on biviarite analysis (p-value