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Table 5 Multivariable logistic regression analysis for perioperative opioid avoidance (total morphine equivalent dose < 50 mcg/kg)

From: The effect of anesthesia without opioid on perioperative opioid demand in children with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for adenotonsillectomies — single-center retrospective observational study

Odds ratio estimates

Effect

Point estimate

95% Wald confidence limits

P value

Surgery after 2013

5.26

1.79

14.29

P < 0.01

Anesthesia without opioid

11.1

5.26

20.0

P < 0.01

AHI > 20

2.60

1.20

5.62

P < 0.05

  1. The odds of perioperative opioid avoidance are increased with surgery after 2013, anesthesia without opioid, and AHI > 20. The odds are decreased with the early surgery date (prior to 2014) (when controlling for everything else in the model)