Risk factors for the development of postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery
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 6 h (OR: 15.81, p = 0.005). Conclusions Main determinants for pneumonia after surgery were hypertension, chronic renal failure, extubation after 6 h and reintubation.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez
2016
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1405-99402016000300203 |
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