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Table 2 Previous DGA experiences

From: Issues arising following a referral and subsequent wait for extraction under general anaesthetic: impact on children

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

Chi square

No previous GA

103 (88%)

40 (85%)

26 (72%)

66 (87%)

31 (63%)

89 (70%)

x2 = 24.216 (5),p = 0.0001

Previous DGA

14 (12%)

7 (15%)

10 (28%)

10 (13%)

18 (37%)*

39 (30%)*

 
  1. *To determine exactly which hospital is significantly different, hospitals were looked at individually against the collective (combining hospital data). Hospital 5 and 6 had significantly more children attending for repeat DGA than that of hospital 1,2,3 and 4.
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