Table 7

Relationship of POV by 120 hours to adverse outcomes

Vomiting by 120 hours

n (% total)

Phi Statistic

(Significance)


Total (n = 249)

No

Yes


Pseudomeningocele

No

49 (19.7)

124 (49.8)

Yes

19 (7.6)

57 (22.9)

0.03 (p = .59)


Would Failure/CSF Leak

No

55 (22.1)

158 (63.5)

Yes

13(5.2)

23 (9.2)

-0.08 (p = .20)


Wound Infection

No

63 (25.3)

175 (70.3)

Yes

5 (2.0)

6 (2.4)

-0.09 (p = .17)


Brain Tumour (n = 153)


Posterior Fossa Syndrome

No

34 (22.2)

82 (53.6)

Yes

13 (8.5)

24 (15.7)

-0.05 (p = .50)


Neufeld et al. BMC Nursing 2009 8:7   doi:10.1186/1472-6955-8-7

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