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Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of the study participants and medical emergency events

From: Frequency and features of medical emergencies at a teaching dental hospital in Saudi Arabia: a 14-year retrospective observational study

Study Participant Characteristics

N = 3001

Emergency Event Characteristic

N = 3001

Age

 

Local Anesthesia

 

 Mean (sd)

34.21 (14.17)

 Yes

229 (76.3)

 Median (Min, Max)

32 (6, 83)

 No

71 (23.6)

Age Group

 

Timing of local Anesthesia

 

 <18

23 (7.7)

 During Local anesthesia

3 (1.0)

 18–30

119 (39.7)

 After Local anesthesia

226 (75.3)

 31–40

66 (22.0)

 No Local anesthesia

71 (23.7)

 41–60

80 (26.7)

Timing of the Event

 

 61+

12 (4.0)

 Before procedure

118 (39.3)

Gender

 

 During procedure

98 (32.7)

 Male

102 (34.0)

 After procedure

84 (28)

 Female

198 (66.0)

Operator

 

PMH

 

 Undergraduate

184 (61.3)

 No

210 (70.0)

 Postgraduate

33 (11.0)

 Yes

90 (30.0)

Intern

31 (10.3)

Procedure

 

 General Practitioner

33 (11.0)

 Restorative/Prosthodontic

105 (35.0)

 Faculty

11 (3.7)

 Extraction/surgery

92 (30.7)

 None

8 (2.7)

 Endodontic

52 (17.3)

Location

 

 No Procedure

23 (7.7)

 Clinic area

275 (91.7)

 Examination

10 (3.3)

 Waiting room/lobby/washroom

21 (7.0)

 Scaling

6 (2.0)

 Radiology/labs

4 (1.3)

 Pediatric

6 (2.0)

  

 Implant

5 (1.7)

  

 Orthodontic

1 (0.3)

  
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