Safety of upper endoscopy in patients with active cocaine use

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Oct 16, 2021; 13(10): 510-517
Published online Oct 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i10.510

Table 2 Procedure details

		Active cocaine users, n = 23	Remote cocaine users, n = 25	P value³
Urgency, n¹	Non-urgent	6	11	0.195⁴
	Urgent	17	14
Location, n¹	Inpatient	22	17	0.024⁵
	Outpatient	1	8
ASA Class, n¹	Class II	9	3	0.046⁵
	Class III	14	21
	Class IV	0	1
LOS, n2	(Avg day ± SD)	5.4 ± 3.6	5.6 ± 11.9	0.018⁶
Type of Anesthesia,	MAC	16	25	0.003⁵
n¹	General	7	0

¹Categorical value. Presented as frequency.

²Continuous variables. Presented as mean value and standard deviation.

³Compared to alpha value < 0.05 for significance.

⁴chi-SQ.

⁵Fisher exact test.

⁶Wilcoxon rank sum test.

ASA Class: American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification; LOS: Length of stay; MAC: Monitored anesthesia care.

Citation: Liyen Cartelle A, Nguyen A, Desai PM, Kotwal V, Makhija J, Yu J, Yap JEL. Safety of upper endoscopy in patients with active cocaine use. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2021; 13(10): 510-517
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v13/i10/510.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v13.i10.510