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Risk factors for the development of postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Identify risk factors that determine pneumonia development in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery. METHODS: Prospective study of a single cohort in a postoperative intensive care unit at a tertiary care center, encompassing all patients undergoing cardiac surgery from January to July 2014. RESULTS: 31 postoperative pneumonia cases were enrolled out of 211 patients (14.6%). The following independent risk factors were identified: hypertension (OR: 3.94, p=0.01), chronic renal failure (OR: 13.67, p=0.02), reintubation (OR: 22.29, p=0.001) and extubation after 6h (OR: 15.81, p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Main determinants for pneumonia after surgery were hypertension, chronic renal failure, extubation after 6h and reintubation.

Source: Archivos de cardiología de México

DOI: 10.1016/j.acmx.2015.12.005

Authors: Rafael Vera Urquiza, Eduardo Rafael Bucio Reta, Enrique Alexander Berríos Bárcenas, Tania Choreño Machain

Institutions: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Hospital Español

Language: Spanish

Topic: Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Subfield: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2328322239

FWCI: 0.45

Cites: 12

Cited by: 19

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